Piers Plowman : the field and the tower / Priscilla Martin
1979, 1st edition. London : Macmillan. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #426033
ISBN: 0333259327
Physical description; ix, 172 pages ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; The endings -- Ironic structures -- The Christian poet and the Christian satirist -- Abstract and concrete -- Objections to allegory : allegory as prejudice -- Objections to allegory : allegory as idealism -- A note on miracles -- Objections to alleogry : allegory as spiritualism. Subjects; Langland, William 1330?-1400? Piers Plowman. Langland William / Piers Plowman. Allegory. Christian poetry, English (Middle) Criticism, Textual. Christianity and literature England History To 1500. Christian poetry, English (Middle). Symbolism in literature To 1500.
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