The myth of Piers Plowman : constructing a medieval literary archive /
Addressing the history of the production and reception of the great medieval poem, Piers Plowman, Lawrence Warner reveals the many ways in which scholars, editors and critics over the centuries created their own speculative narratives about the poem, which gradually came to be regarded as factually...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in medieval literature ;
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107338821 |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: archive fever and the madness of Joseph Ritson
- 1. William and the werewolf: the problem of William of Palerne
- 2. Localizing Piers Plowman C: Meed, Corfe Castle, and the London Riot of 1384
- 3. Latinitas et Communitas Visionis Willielmi de Longlond
- 4. Quod Piers Plowman: non-Reformist prophecy, c. 1520-55
- 5. Urry, Burrell, and the pains of John Taylor: the Spelman MS (Huntington Hm 114), 1709-1766
- 6. William Dupre;, Fabricateur: Piers Plowman in the Age of Forgery; Conclusion: Leland's madness and the tale of Piers Plowman
- Bibliography.