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LANGLAND'S FICTIONS
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| By: |
J. A. Burrow |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£30.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0198112939 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780198112938 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 April, 1993 |
| Pages: |
144 |
| Description: |
This study examines the construction of the ten dreams which make up the B Text of Piers Plowman, and explores the relation of these dream-fictions to those realities with which the poet was preoccupied. |
| Synopsis: |
Langland's Piers Plowman is a profoundly Christian poem which nevertheless has enjoyed a wide general appeal. Readers - both religious and non-religious - have been drawn by the power of Langland's fictive imagination, the rich variety of imaginary worlds in his great dream-poem. Langland's Fictions examines the construction of the ten dreams which make up the B Text of Pears Plowman, and explores the relation of these dream-fictions to those realities with which the poet was chiefly preoccupied. This relationship is discussed under three main headings: 'fictions of the divided mind', in which the poet's mixed feelings about matters such as the value of learning find expression in imagined scenes and actions; 'fictions of history', in which the main events of salvation history are relived in the parallel worlds of dream; and 'fictions of the self', in which Langland's doubtful sense of his own moral standing as a man and a poet apparently finds expression. This chapter also addresses the controversial question of 'autobiographical elements' in the poem.John Burrow's lively and considered study is a major contribution to our understanding of one of medieval literature's most enduring works. |
| Illustrations: |
1 figure |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Clarendon Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of An innovative study of Piers Plowman by a leading medievalist. |
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Non-returnable |
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