{"product_id":"piers-plowman-an-introduction-second-revised-edition-9780859898034","title":"Piers Plowman An Introduction  Second revised","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface to the Second Edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApproaching Piers Plowman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe poem and its author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLangland’s immediate poetic context\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e‘Discourse’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSchematic structure of the poem\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. The First Vision: Prologue and Passus I\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiterary ‘truthe’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheological ‘truthe’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSocial ‘truthe’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. The First Vision: Passus II–IV\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePersonification allegory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMede and social ‘truthe’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMede and legal ‘truthe’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. The Second Vision: Passus V–VII\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEcclesiastical satire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheological themes: the reward of works—a wage or a gift?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion—the crisis of justice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. The Third Vision: Passus VIII–XII\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStructure as determined by psychology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStyle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheme\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe inner-dream (XI. 5—402): Fortune, Lewtee, Imaginatif\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. The Fourth Vision: Passus XIII–XIV\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEducational transitions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoetic transitions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSocial transitions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. The Vision: Passus XV–XVII\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnima—the whole soul\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnima and the Church\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnima and charity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Visions Six, Seven and Eight: Passus XVIII–XX\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe sixth vision: Passus XVIII\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe seventh vision: Passus XIX\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe eighth vision: Passus XX\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359249826135,"sku":"9780859898034","price":29.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780859898034.jpg?v=1754124110","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/piers-plowman-an-introduction-second-revised-edition-9780859898034","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}