The Manuscripts of Piers Plowman: The B-Version [Hardcover]

C. David Benson (Author), Lynne S. Blanchfield (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 18, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0859915018 | ISBN-13: 978-0859915014

This is the B-version of "Piers Plowman", probably the only version authorized by Langland. This catalogue of the 18 extant manuscripts, now located in Cambridge, London, Oxford, Tokyo and California, offers both individual manuscript descriptions and a record of the annotations. The detailed codicological descriptions include information on provenance and ownership; a full list of the contents; and a description of the physical make-up and presentation of each manuscript. The substantial first full account of the various textual annotations in each manuscript (whether produced by original scribes or later readers) provides the best record available of how "Piers Plowman" was understood by its earliest audience.

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About the Author

Professor C. DAVID BENSON teaches in the English Department at the University of Connecticut; Dr LYNNE BLANCHFIELD is an Associate Lecturer at the Open University. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 349 pages
• Publisher: D.S.Brewer (December 18, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0859915018
• ISBN-13: 978-0859915014
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
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