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Book SynopsisBeginning in 1987, the yearbook was the preeminent venue for scholarship on "Piers Plowman"; on related poems in the tradition of didactic alliterative verse and on the historical, religious, and intellectual contexts in which such poems were produced in late medieval England. Each volume contains essays, reviews and an annotated bibliography.
Table of ContentsC. David Benson, "What then does Langland Mean? Authorial and Textual Voices in Piers Plowman" Edwin D. Craun: "'Ye, by Peter and by Poul!': Lewte and the Practice of Fraternal Correction" Response by David C. Fowler Response by Lawrence M. Clopper Lawrence M. Clopper, "Langland and Allegory: A Proposition" Response by Ann W. Astell Sick of Allegory: A Response by James J. Paxson Alan J. Fletcher, "The Essential (Ephemeral) William Langland: Textual Revision as Ethical Process in Piers Plowman" "Plowing Parallel Furrows? The Textual Cultures of Piers and Preaching": A Response by Wendy Scase "The Author, the Dreamer, his Wife, and their Poet: Thoughts on an Essential-Ephemeral Langland": A Response by Judith Dale Anna Baldwin, "Patient Politics in Piers Plowman" Response by Fiona Somerset Andrew Galloway, "Piers Plowman and the Subject of the Law" Response by David Lawton Response by Louise M. Bishop Anne M. Scott, "'Nevere noon so nedy ne poverer deide': Piers Plowman and the Value of Poverty" Response by Bruce W. Hozeski Response by Joan Baker Joseph S. Wittig, "'Culture Wars' and the Persona in Piers Plowman" "Culture Wars? All's Not Quiet on the Langland Front": A Response by Gregory J. Wilsbacher Thomas D. Hill, "'Dumb David': Silence and Zeal in Lady Church's Speech, Piers Plowman C.2.30-40" Thomas D. Hill, " The Problem of Synecdochic Flesh: Piers Plowman B.9.49-50" REVIEWS Thorlac Turville-Petre and Hoyt Duggan, eds., The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive, Vol. 2: Cambridge, Trinity College, MS. B.15.17 (W) (John T. Sebastian) David Aers, Faith, Ethics and Church: Writing in England, 1360-1409 (Denise N. Baker) Susanna Fein, ed., Studies in the Harley Manuscript: The Scribes, Contents and Social Contexts of British Library MS. Harley 2253 (Christopher Cannon) Bonnie Millar, The 'Siege of Jerusalem' in its Physical, Literary and Historical Contexts (David Lawton) John Scattergood, The Lost Tradition: Essays on Middle English Alliterative Poetry (Maura B. Nolan) Andrew Cole, "Annual Bibliography, 2000"
