Public Piers Plowman

Public Piers Plowman
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Publisher : Penn State Press
Total Pages : 314
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ISBN-10 : 0271046201
ISBN-13 : 9780271046204
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Book Synopsis Public Piers Plowman by : C. David Benson

Download or read book Public Piers Plowman written by C. David Benson and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Public Piers Plowman is divided into two parts. The first is an extended essay on what Benson calls the "Langland myth." He traces the evolution of Piers scholarship and demonstrates the limitations of treating Piers as a direct expression of the poet's experience and intellectual views." "In the second part Benson offers an alternative history for the poem. Benson approaches it from a broader public context, using representative examples from vernacular writing, parish art, and civic practices. He argues that Piers reached a wide contemporary audience because, far from being an account only of the author's own life and opinions, it was securely rooted in the common culture of its time and place."--Jacket.


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