Despite the recent outpouring of scholarship on "Piers Plowman," Lawrence Warner contends, we know much less about the poem's production, transmission, and readership than one might think. When did William Langland write each of the three versions of the poem, and when did they enter wide circulation? What role did scribes and other agents play in these processes? "The Lost History of "Piers Plowman"" engages with these questions to bring about a fundamental shift in our understanding of the genesis and development of the Middle English poem.
According to received history, the poem...
Despite the recent outpouring of scholarship on "Piers Plowman," Lawrence Warner contends, we know much less about the poem's production, transmiss...
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.
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...
