The Piers Plowman glossary : Will's visions of Piers Plowman, Do-Well, Do-Better and Do-Best : a glossary of the English vocabulary of the A, B, and C versions as presented in the Athlone editions /
This Glossary is designed as a companion to William Langland's dream vision poem, Piers Plowman, widely regarded as the greatest literary work in Middle English before Chaucer. It glosses and explains over 5000 English words, and foreign words used as if English, in the A, B and C texts of Pier...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Continuum,
2005
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| Series: | Langland, William, 1330?-1400? Piers Plowman (Three versions)
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | This Glossary is designed as a companion to William Langland's dream vision poem, Piers Plowman, widely regarded as the greatest literary work in Middle English before Chaucer. It glosses and explains over 5000 English words, and foreign words used as if English, in the A, B and C texts of Piers Plowman printed in the critically-acclaimed Athlone editions. Where possible, it illustrates words with examples from all three versions. The first glossary to Piers Plowman was compiled in 1886 by Sir William Skeat but there has been no attempt, until now, to provide a new glossary that takes account o. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 240 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781847143792 1847143792 9780826486028 0826486029 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
