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Professor Du Boulay's book is both a highly readable introduction to Langland's work and an original contribution to the history of religious thought. It rejects the view that Langland was primarily a political radical or a prophet of doom and sees him as both a great imaginative poet and a preacher of Christian charity. Writing in an age of intellectual subtlety and shifting social frontiers, Langland expressed deep anxieties yet offered to his fellow-Christians a way of interior repentance and practical love, guided by the enigmatic figure of Piers. ... Read more

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This new translation of the B-text is provided with an Introduction and extensive Notes which place the work in its contemporary setting and offer a full interpretative commentary on the poem. ... Read more

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Full title is: The vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman by William Langland (or Langley) according to the version revised and enlarged by the author about A.D. 1377 ; edited by the Rev. Walter Skeat. This is the tenth revised ed. (1932). Brown cloth cover. Dimensions 4.5" x 6.75". ... Read more

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Edited from numerous manuscripts with preface, notes, and a glossary. ... Read more