The Myth of Piers Plowman: Constructing a Medieval Literary Archive

ISBN-13: 9781107665514 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 242 str.

Lawrence Warner

Opis

A revisionary account of the powerful myths that grew up around the production and reception of the great medieval poem. Also available as Open Access.

Recenzje

'A rollicking tale of how an entire field of study came to be created, or rather, fabricated … Warner's book is full of page-turning discoveries.' The Times Literary Supplement

Spis treści

Introduction: archive fever and the madness of Joseph Ritson; 1. William and the werewolf: the problem of William of Palerne; 2. Localizing Piers Plowman C: Meed, Corfe Castle, and the London Riot of 1384; 3. Latinitas et Communitas Visionis Willielmi de Longlond; 4. Quod Piers Plowman: non-Reformist prophecy, c.1520–55; 5. Urry, Burrell, and the pains of John Taylor: the Spelman MS (Huntington Hm 114), 1709–66; 6. William Dupré, Fabricateur: Piers Plowman in the Age of Forgery; Conclusion: Leland's madness and the tale of Piers Plowman; Bibliography.