{"product_id":"william-langlands-piers-plowman-9780812215618","title":"William Langlands Piers Plowman","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Langland''s \u003ci\u003ePiers Plowman\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the major poetic monuments of medieval England and of world literature. Probably composed between 1372 and 1389, the poem survives in three distinct versions. It is known to modern readers largely through the middle of the three, the so-called B-text. Now, George Economou''s verse translation of the poet''s third version makes available for the first time in modern English the final revision of a work that many have regarded as the greatest Christian poem in our language.\u003cbr\u003eLangland''s remarkable powers of invention and his passionate involvement with the spiritual, social, and political crises of his time lay claim to our attention, and demand serious comparison with Dante''s Divine Comedy. Economou''s translation preserves the intensity of the poet''s verse and the narrative energy of his alliterative long line, the immediacy of the original''s story of the quest for salvation, and the individuality of its language and wordplay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A gifted poet has given us an astute, adroit, vigorous, inviting, eminently readable translation. . . . The challenging gamut of Langland's language . . . has here been rendered with blessed energy and precision. Economou has indeed Done-Best.\" * Allen Mandelbaum *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Prologue\u003cbr\u003e Passus I\u003cbr\u003e Passus II\u003cbr\u003e Passus III\u003cbr\u003e Passus IV\u003cbr\u003e Passus V\u003cbr\u003e Passus VI\u003cbr\u003e Passus VII\u003cbr\u003e Passus VIII\u003cbr\u003e Passus IX\u003cbr\u003e Passus X\u003cbr\u003e Passus XI\u003cbr\u003e Passus XII\u003cbr\u003e Passus XIII\u003cbr\u003e Passus XIV\u003cbr\u003e Passus XV\u003cbr\u003e Passus XVI\u003cbr\u003e Passus XVII\u003cbr\u003e Passus XVIII\u003cbr\u003e Passus XIX\u003cbr\u003e Passus XX\u003cbr\u003e Passus XXI\u003cbr\u003e Passus XXII\u003cbr\u003e Explanatory Notes\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Table of Major Additions, Omissions, and Transpositions of Material in the C Version\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405689987415,"sku":"9780812215618","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812215618.jpg?v=1730493289","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/william-langlands-piers-plowman-9780812215618","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}