Piers Plowman : a modern verse translation

著者

• Langland, William
• Sutton, Peter, 1946 February 20-

書誌事項

Piers Plowman : a modern verse translation

William Langland ; translated by Peter Sutton

McFarland, c2014

• : softcover

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

William Langland's 14th-century poem Piers Plowman is a disturbing and often humorous commentary on corruption and greed that remains meaningful today. The allegorical and satirical work revolves around the narrator's quest to live a good life, and takes the form of a series of dreams in which Piers, the honest plowman, appears in various guises. Characters such as Conscience, Fidelity and Charity tumble out of the text alongside Falsehood and Guile, and are instantly recognizable as our present-day politicians and celebrities, friends and neighbors. Along the way social issues are confronted, including governance, economic relations, criminal justice, public finance, marital relations and the limits of academic learning, as well as religious belief and the natural world. This book is a new verse translation of Piers from Middle English which preserves the energy, imagery and intent of the original, and retains its alliterative style. It derives from a 2012 arts festival presentation performed in the priory where Langland - a contemporary of Chaucer - was probably educated.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB24634628
• ISBN:
  • 9780786495030
• LCCN: 2014033734
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 原本言語コード: enm
• 出版地: Jefferson, N.C.
• ページ数/冊数: vii, 262 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : PR2013
  • DC23 : 821/.1
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Poetry
  • LCSH : Christian poetry, English (Middle)