William Langland

William Langland's "Piers Plowman": The C Version - The Middle Ages Series

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxxi]-xxiv). Biographical Note: George Economou is Professor of English at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. He is the author of The Goddess Natura in Medieval Literature. Among his books of poetry are Landed Natures; Ameriki: Book One and Selected Earlier Poems; and harmonies and fits. Table of Contents: PrefaceIntroductionSelected BibliographyProloguePassus IPassus IIPassus IIIPassus IVPassus VPassus VIPassus VIIPassus VIIIPassus IXPassus XPassus XIPassus XIIPassus XIIIPassus XIVPassus XVPassus XVIPassus XVIIPassus XVIIIPassus XIXPassus XXPassus XXIPassus XXIIExplanatory NotesAppendix: Table of Major Additions, Omissions, and Transpositions of Material in the C VersionPublisher Marketing: 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

Contributor Bio:  Economou, George D Economou is Professor of English at the University of Oklahoma in Norman.