Piers Plowman : an introduction
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Piers Plowman : an introduction
（Exeter medieval texts and studies）
University of Exeter Press, 2007
2nd, rev. ed
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- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-244) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This book provides an accessible, concise and intellectually stimulating introduction and guide to one of the richest, most challenging poems of pre-Reformation English. New to the internationally-renowned "Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies" series, James Simpson's indispensable guide to Piers Plowman has been fully revised for this reissue. As any teacher of the poem knows, teaching Piers Plowman is massively facilitated by a reliable introductory guide providing both information and interpretation. This book does just that. Its main aim is to demonstrate to undergraduate readers the centrality of Piers Plowman in any account of the literary and cultural history of the later English Middle Ages. Piers Plowman's principal project is the re-imagination of a vernacular Church; the text questions the culture within which it is anchored and moves towards an active re-imagination of social and religious institutions. Simpson's book demonstrates how the poem's historical significance is embedded in its formal choices. This is a truly introductory guide to Piers Plowman notable for its clarity, its intellectual subtlety and its originality. Piers Plowman is a key medieval undergraduate text, both for its literary value and its religious significance. This full revision of the book incorporates the best new scholarship on Piers since the original 1990 edition.
目次
Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction
Approaching Piers Plowman
The poem and its author
Langland's immediate poetic context
'Discourse'
Schematic structure of the poem
1. The First Vision: Prologue and Passus I
Introduction
Literary 'truthe'
Theological 'truthe'
Social 'truthe'
Conclusion
2. The First Vision: Passus II-IV
Introduction
Personification allegory
Mede and social 'truthe'
Mede and legal 'truthe'
Conclusion
3. The Second Vision: Passus V-VII
Introduction
Ecclesiastical satire
Theological themes: the reward of works-a wage or a gift?
Conclusion-the crisis of justice
4. The Third Vision: Passus VIII-XII
Introduction
Structure as determined by psychology
Style
Theme
The inner-dream (XI. 5-402): Fortune, Lewtee, Imaginatif
Conclusion
5. The Fourth Vision: Passus XIII-XIV
Introduction
Educational transitions
Poetic transitions
Social transitions
Conclusion
6. The Vision: Passus XV-XVII
Introduction
Anima-the whole soul
Anima and the Church
Anima and charity
Conclusion
7. Visions Six, Seven and Eight: Passus XVIII-XX
Introduction
The sixth vision: Passus XVIII
The seventh vision: Passus XIX
The eighth vision: Passus XX
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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