Langland, William 1330?-1400
Overview
| Works: | 1,035 works in 3,324 publications in 7 languages and 47,308 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Poetry Criticism, interpretation, etc Christian poetry Allegories Narrative poetry History Glossaries, vocabularies, etc Sources Fiction Literary criticism |
| Roles: | Author, Other, Editor, Creator, Compiler, Honoree |
| Classifications: | PR2013, 821.1 |
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Most widely held works about
William Langland
- Traditional imagery of charity in Piers Plowman by Ben H SMITH( )
- The Piers Plowman glossary : Will's visions of Piers Plowman, Do-Well, Do-Better and Do-Best : a glossary of the English vocabulary of the A, B, and C versions as presented in the Athlone editions by George Kane( )
- The book of the incipit : beginnings in the fourteenth century by D. Vance Smith( )
- Style and symbolism in Piers Plowman : a modern critical anthology by Robert J Blanch( Book )
- Written work : Langland, labor, and authorship by Kathryn Kerby-Fulton( Book )
- Reformist apocalypticism and Piers Plowman by Kathryn Kerby-Fulton( Book )
- The growth of a personal voice : Piers Plowman and the Faerie queene by Judith H Anderson( Book )
- The myth of Piers Plowman : constructing a medieval literary archive by Lawrence Warner( )
- Iconography and the professional reader : the politics of book production in the Douce Piers Plowman by Kathryn Kerby-Fulton( )
- Piers Plowman and the poetics of enigma : riddles, rhetoric, and theology by Curtis A Gruenler( )
- The lost history of Piers Plowman : the earliest transmission of Langland's work by Lawrence Warner( Book )
- Social life in the days of Piers Plowman by Dorothy Chadwick( Book )
- Chaucer and Langland : the antagonistic tradition by John M Bowers( Book )
- The England of Piers Plowman : William Langland and his vision of the fourteenth century by F. R. H Du Boulay( Book )
- Editing Piers Plowman : the evolution of the text by Charlotte Brewer( Book )
- Piers Plowman and the medieval discourse of desire by Nicolette Zeeman( Book )
- The figure of Piers Plowman : the image on the coin by Margaret E Goldsmith( Book )
- The lost history of Piers Plowman by Lawrence Warner( )
- The Yearbook of Langland studies( )
- Personification in Piers Plowman by Lavinia Griffiths( Book )
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Most widely held works by
William Langland
Piers the Plowman : a critical edition of the A-version by
William Langland(
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490 editions published between 1450 and 2016 in 8 languages and held by 7,686 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An authoritative edition which contains a historical introduction, explanatory notes, textual notes and a glossary. A full-bodied presentation of the A-version of the poem
490 editions published between 1450 and 2016 in 8 languages and held by 7,686 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An authoritative edition which contains a historical introduction, explanatory notes, textual notes and a glossary. A full-bodied presentation of the A-version of the poem
The vision of Piers Plowman by
William Langland(
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93 editions published between 1912 and 1999 in 3 languages and held by 1,811 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This is one of the masterpieces of medieval literature. This new complete edition of the orginal text of the B-version answers every need of both the student and the interested lay reader. Marginal glosses, footnote translations, and a commentary providing textual, lexical, historycal and literary annotation facilitate the understanding, appreciation and, above all, the enjoyment of this great poem. The textual variants are given at the foot of the appropriate page for easy reference and comparison, and an extremely helpful index of proper names is provided, together with an extensive bibliography. The introduction discusses the literary traditions of the poem, and its structure and themes, and analyzes the poetic art of William Langland
93 editions published between 1912 and 1999 in 3 languages and held by 1,811 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This is one of the masterpieces of medieval literature. This new complete edition of the orginal text of the B-version answers every need of both the student and the interested lay reader. Marginal glosses, footnote translations, and a commentary providing textual, lexical, historycal and literary annotation facilitate the understanding, appreciation and, above all, the enjoyment of this great poem. The textual variants are given at the foot of the appropriate page for easy reference and comparison, and an extremely helpful index of proper names is provided, together with an extensive bibliography. The introduction discusses the literary traditions of the poem, and its structure and themes, and analyzes the poetic art of William Langland
William Langland's Piers Plowman : the C version : a verse translation by
William Langland(
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9 editions published between 1996 and 1997 in English and held by 1,063 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"William Langland's Piers Plowman 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." "With its formal singularity, epic-scale vision, and enormous richness of content, this allegorical poem of the late fourteenth century has seized the imagination and interest of a growing and appreciative audience in the twentieth. Langland'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. Book jacket."--Jacket
9 editions published between 1996 and 1997 in English and held by 1,063 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"William Langland's Piers Plowman 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." "With its formal singularity, epic-scale vision, and enormous richness of content, this allegorical poem of the late fourteenth century has seized the imagination and interest of a growing and appreciative audience in the twentieth. Langland'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. Book jacket."--Jacket
The vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman in three parallel texts : together with Richard the Redeless by
William Langland(
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61 editions published between 1866 and 2001 in 3 languages and held by 923 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
61 editions published between 1866 and 2001 in 3 languages and held by 923 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Piers Plowman : the b-version archetype (bx) by
William Langland(
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5 editions published in 2018 in English and held by 850 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
5 editions published in 2018 in English and held by 850 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The book concerning Piers the plowman by
William Langland(
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30 editions published between 1907 and 1972 in 3 languages and held by 839 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Piers Plowman is one of the most significant works of medieval literature. Astonishing in its cultural and theological scope, William Langland's iconoclastic masterpiece is at once a historical relic and a deeply spiritual vision, probing not only the social and religious aristocracy but also the day-to-day realities of a largely voiceless proletariat class. - Publisher
30 editions published between 1907 and 1972 in 3 languages and held by 839 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Piers Plowman is one of the most significant works of medieval literature. Astonishing in its cultural and theological scope, William Langland's iconoclastic masterpiece is at once a historical relic and a deeply spiritual vision, probing not only the social and religious aristocracy but also the day-to-day realities of a largely voiceless proletariat class. - Publisher
Visions from Piers Plowman by
William Langland(
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29 editions published between 1949 and 1970 in English and held by 745 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
29 editions published between 1949 and 1970 in English and held by 745 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Piers Plowman : the prologue and passus I-VII of the B text as found in Bodleian MS. Laud Misc. 581 by
William Langland(
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32 editions published between 1972 and 1989 in English and English, Middle and held by 725 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
32 editions published between 1972 and 1989 in English and English, Middle and held by 725 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Will's vision of Piers Plowman by
William Langland(
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36 editions published between 1960 and 1997 in 3 languages and held by 721 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Donaldson--one of the century's most distinguished medieval scholars--began his career working on Piers and continued studying it all his life. His translation not only skillfully reproduces the alliterative verse of the original, but also reanimates the poem in all its mercurial changes: lyrical, mystical, satirical--and funny. Elizabeth Kirk and Judith Anderson have supplied helpful notes and glossary, and an introduction. Both the translation and the apparatus open up the poem's world for every reader"--Back cover
36 editions published between 1960 and 1997 in 3 languages and held by 721 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Donaldson--one of the century's most distinguished medieval scholars--began his career working on Piers and continued studying it all his life. His translation not only skillfully reproduces the alliterative verse of the original, but also reanimates the poem in all its mercurial changes: lyrical, mystical, satirical--and funny. Elizabeth Kirk and Judith Anderson have supplied helpful notes and glossary, and an introduction. Both the translation and the apparatus open up the poem's world for every reader"--Back cover
Piers Plowman : a new translation of the B-text by
William Langland(
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66 editions published between 1949 and 2017 in 3 languages and held by 642 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This is a new annotated translation of the B-text, Langland's own extensive revision of his original text. One of the greatest poems of the English Middle Ages, Piers Plowman remains of enduring interest for its vivid picture of the whole life of medieval society, its deeply imaginative religious vision, and its passionate concern to see justice and truth prevail in our world.--Amazon.com
66 editions published between 1949 and 2017 in 3 languages and held by 642 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This is a new annotated translation of the B-text, Langland's own extensive revision of his original text. One of the greatest poems of the English Middle Ages, Piers Plowman remains of enduring interest for its vivid picture of the whole life of medieval society, its deeply imaginative religious vision, and its passionate concern to see justice and truth prevail in our world.--Amazon.com
Piers Plowman : the Z version by
William Langland(
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17 editions published between 1982 and 2000 in English and English, Middle and held by 515 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
17 editions published between 1982 and 2000 in English and English, Middle and held by 515 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Piers Plowman : the A version by
William Langland(
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11 editions published between 1960 and 2020 in English and Undetermined and held by 485 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The fourteenth-century Piers Plowman is one of the most influential poems from the Age of Chaucer. Following the character Will on his quest for the true Christian life, the three dream narratives that make up this work address a number of pressing political, social, moral, and educational issues of the late Middle Ages. Míceál F. Vaughan presents a fresh edition of the A version, an earlier and shorter version of this great work. Unlike the B and C versions, there is no modern, affordable edition of the A version available. For the first time in decades, students and scholars of medieval literature now have access to this important work. Vaughan's clean, uncluttered text is accompanied by ample glossing of difficult Middle English words. An expansive introduction, which includes a narrative summary of the poem, textual notes, detailed endnotes, and a select bibliography frame the text, making this edition ideal for classroom use. This is the first classroom edition of the A version since Thomas A. Knott and David C. Fowler's celebrated 1952 publication. Based on an early-fifteenth-century manuscript from the University of Oxford's Bodleian Library, Vaughan's text offers a unique rendition of the poem, and it is the first modern edition not to attribute the poem to William Langland. By conservatively editing one important witness of Piers Plowman, Vaughan takes a new generation of students to an early version of this great medieval poem."--Publisher's website
11 editions published between 1960 and 2020 in English and Undetermined and held by 485 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The fourteenth-century Piers Plowman is one of the most influential poems from the Age of Chaucer. Following the character Will on his quest for the true Christian life, the three dream narratives that make up this work address a number of pressing political, social, moral, and educational issues of the late Middle Ages. Míceál F. Vaughan presents a fresh edition of the A version, an earlier and shorter version of this great work. Unlike the B and C versions, there is no modern, affordable edition of the A version available. For the first time in decades, students and scholars of medieval literature now have access to this important work. Vaughan's clean, uncluttered text is accompanied by ample glossing of difficult Middle English words. An expansive introduction, which includes a narrative summary of the poem, textual notes, detailed endnotes, and a select bibliography frame the text, making this edition ideal for classroom use. This is the first classroom edition of the A version since Thomas A. Knott and David C. Fowler's celebrated 1952 publication. Based on an early-fifteenth-century manuscript from the University of Oxford's Bodleian Library, Vaughan's text offers a unique rendition of the poem, and it is the first modern edition not to attribute the poem to William Langland. By conservatively editing one important witness of Piers Plowman, Vaughan takes a new generation of students to an early version of this great medieval poem."--Publisher's website
Mum and the sothsegger(
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11 editions published between 1936 and 2001 in English and English, Middle and held by 437 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
11 editions published between 1936 and 2001 in English and English, Middle and held by 437 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The vision of William concerning Piers Plowman, together with Vita de Dowel, Dobet, et Dobest, secundum Wit et Resoun by
William Langland(
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35 editions published between 1867 and 2000 in English and English, Middle and held by 424 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
35 editions published between 1867 and 2000 in English and English, Middle and held by 424 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Piers Plowman: the vision of a peoples Christ by
William Langland(
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31 editions published between 1912 and 1931 in English and Undetermined and held by 399 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
31 editions published between 1912 and 1931 in English and Undetermined and held by 399 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Piers Plowman : a parallel-text edition of the A, B, C and Z versions by
William Langland(
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28 editions published between 1994 and 2011 in English and English, Middle and held by 376 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"This work--a parallel-text edition that contains all four versions of Piers Plowman--constitutes a major enterprise of textual scholarship and will provide for students of Langland a modern equivalent to Skeat's standard edition of 1886. This revised and corrected three-volume set is specifically designed to facilitate study of the parallel text (Volume 1) alongside both the textual notes (Volume 2, Part 1) and the commentary/glossary (Volume 2, Part 2), and is intended to make the entire edition available to as many students of Langland as possible. Volume 1 revises the first edition published by Longman in 1995. The two-part Volume 2 contains in a full and clearly presented form all the material essential for advanced study of a great medieval poem that continues to attract wide and intense interest." -- Publisher's description
28 editions published between 1994 and 2011 in English and English, Middle and held by 376 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"This work--a parallel-text edition that contains all four versions of Piers Plowman--constitutes a major enterprise of textual scholarship and will provide for students of Langland a modern equivalent to Skeat's standard edition of 1886. This revised and corrected three-volume set is specifically designed to facilitate study of the parallel text (Volume 1) alongside both the textual notes (Volume 2, Part 1) and the commentary/glossary (Volume 2, Part 2), and is intended to make the entire edition available to as many students of Langland as possible. Volume 1 revises the first edition published by Longman in 1995. The two-part Volume 2 contains in a full and clearly presented form all the material essential for advanced study of a great medieval poem that continues to attract wide and intense interest." -- Publisher's description
The vision of Pierce Plowman by
William Langland(
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35 editions published between 1550 and 1976 in English and English, Middle and held by 348 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
35 editions published between 1550 and 1976 in English and English, Middle and held by 348 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Pierce the Ploughmans crede (about 1394 A.D.) transcribed and ed. from ms. Trin. coll., Camb., R. 3, 15, collated with ms.
Bibl. reg. 18 B. XVII. in the British Museum, and with the old printed text of 1553; to which is appended God spede the plough
(about 1500 A.D.) from ms. Lansdowne 762 by
William Langland(
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11 editions published between 1867 and 1996 in English and English, Middle and held by 343 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
11 editions published between 1867 and 1996 in English and English, Middle and held by 343 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Piers Plowman : the Donaldson translation, Middle English text, sources and backgrounds, criticism by
William Langland(
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9 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 341 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Piers Plowman is one of the most significant works of medieval literature. Astonishing in its cultural and theological scope, William Langland's iconoclastic masterpiece is at once a historical relic and a deeply spiritual vision, probing not only the social and religious aristocracy but also the day-to-day realities of a largely voiceless proletariat class. E. Talbot Donaldson's translation of the text has been selected for this Norton Critical Edition because of its skillful emulation of the original poem's distinct alliterative verse. Selections of the authoritative Middle English text are also included for comparative analysis. "Sources and Backgrounds" includes a large collection of contemporary religious and historical documents pertaining to the poem, including selections from the Douai Bible, accounts of the plague, and legal statutes. "Criticism" includes twenty interpretive essays by leading medievalists, among them E. Talbot Donaldson, George Kane, Jill Mann, Derek Pearsall, C. David Benson, and Elizabeth D. Kirk. A Glossary and Selected Bibliography are also included."--Publisher's website
9 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 341 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Piers Plowman is one of the most significant works of medieval literature. Astonishing in its cultural and theological scope, William Langland's iconoclastic masterpiece is at once a historical relic and a deeply spiritual vision, probing not only the social and religious aristocracy but also the day-to-day realities of a largely voiceless proletariat class. E. Talbot Donaldson's translation of the text has been selected for this Norton Critical Edition because of its skillful emulation of the original poem's distinct alliterative verse. Selections of the authoritative Middle English text are also included for comparative analysis. "Sources and Backgrounds" includes a large collection of contemporary religious and historical documents pertaining to the poem, including selections from the Douai Bible, accounts of the plague, and legal statutes. "Criticism" includes twenty interpretive essays by leading medievalists, among them E. Talbot Donaldson, George Kane, Jill Mann, Derek Pearsall, C. David Benson, and Elizabeth D. Kirk. A Glossary and Selected Bibliography are also included."--Publisher's website
Piers Plowman : selections from the B-text as found in Bodleian Ms. Laud Misc. 581 by
William Langland(
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13 editions published in 1975 in English and Undetermined and held by 331 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
13 editions published in 1975 in English and Undetermined and held by 331 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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Related Identities
- Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William) 1835-1912 Other Translator Author of introduction Annotator Author Editor Creator
- Kane, George Other Author Editor
- Kerby-Fulton, Kathryn Author
- Pearsall, Derek Other Author of introduction Author Editor
- Schmidt, A. V. C. (Aubrey Vincent Carlyle) Other Translator Author of introduction Annotator Author Editor
- Chaucer, Geoffrey -1400 Author
- Coghill, Nevill 1899-1980 Author of introduction Other Translator Editor Author
- Smith, Ben H. Author
- Warner, Lawrence 1968- Author
- Donaldson, E. Talbot (Ethelbert Talbot) 1910-1987 Other Translator Editor
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Apocalyptic literature Art appreciation Authorship Autobiography Charity in literature Chaucer, Geoffrey, Christianity and literature Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages Christian poetry, English (Middle) Civilization Desire in literature End of the world in literature England England--London English language--Middle English English language--Middle English--Style English literature--Middle English English poetry--Middle English Epic poetry, English Faerie queene (Spenser, Edmund) Figures of speech Friars Great Britain Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Intellectual life Kings and rulers--Duties Langland, William, Literary style Literature Literature and society Manners and customs Manners and customs in literature Manuscripts, English (Middle) Manuscripts, Medieval Persona (Literature) Piers Plowman (Langland, William) Psychology Psychology in literature Reformation--Early movements Religion Rhetoric, Medieval Richard--II,--King of England, Richard the Redeless Self in literature Symbolism Symbolism in literature Technique Theology, Doctrinal--Middle Ages Theology in literature Visions
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Alternative Names
Langland.
Langland, Robert 1330?-1400?
Langland, Uĭli?a︡m, 1330?-1400?
Langland, Uĭli͡am 1330?-1400?
Langland, W.
Langland, W. 1330-1400
Langland, W. 1332-1400
Langland, William
Langland, William (ca 1330-ca 1400)
Langlande, W.
Langlande, W. 1332-1400
Langlande, William
Langlande, William 1330-1400
Langlande, William 1332-1400
Langley Robert 1325?-1390?
Langley William
Langley William 1325?-1390?
Langley, William 1330-1400
Langley, William 1332-1400
Longland, Robert
Longland, Robert 1330-1400
Longland, Robert 1332-1400
Longlande, Robert
Longlande Robert 1325?-1390?
Longlande, Robert 1330-1400
Longlande, Robert 1332-1400
Longlande, W.
Longlande, W. 1332-1400
Longlande, William
Longlande, William 1330-1400
Longlande, William 1332-1400
Robert 1332-1400 Longland
Robert Longland
Robert Longland 1332-1400
Wilhelm 1332-1400 Langland
Wilhelm Langland
Wilhelm Langland 1332-1400
William 1332-1400 Langland
William 1332-1400 Longland
William de Langley
William de Langley 1325?-1390?
William Langland
William Langland 1332-1400
William Langland angielski poeta
William Langland englischer Dichter
William Langland schrijver uit Engeland (1332-1386)
William Langland scrittore britannico
William Longland
William Longland 1332-1400
Ленгленд, Уильям
ولیم لینگلینڈ
ويليام لانغلاند كاتب إنجليزي
ویلیام لنگلند نویسنده و شاعر انگلیسی
랭글런드, 윌리엄 1330-1400
윌리엄 랭글런드
ウィリアム・ラングランド
ラングランド
ラングランド, ウィリアム
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(1,035)
English, Middle (104)
German (6)
Multiple languages (4)
Chinese (3)
English, Old (2)
Dutch (1)
English, Middle (104)
German (6)
Multiple languages (4)
Chinese (3)
English, Old (2)
Dutch (1)