Books written by George Kane

  • Piers Plowman--the Three Versions

    A [ nd ] -nameliche - an - ydel - pe - name - of - god - almizt ; Þanne shalt pou come be a croft , ac come pou nouzt pereinne ; Þ [ e ] croft hattip coueite - nouzt - menis.catel - ne - here - wyues , Ne - none - of - here - seruauntis ...

  • Will's Visions of Piers Plowman and Do-well

    A [ nd ] -nameliche - an - ydel - pe - name - of - god - almizt ; Þanne shalt pou come be a croft , ac come pou nouzt pereinne ; Þ [ e ] croft hattip coueite - nouzt - menis - catel - ne - here - wyues , Ne - none - of - here ...

  • Chaucer and Langland: Historical Textual Approaches

    This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.

  • Piers Plowman: The Evidence for Authorship

    The major edition of the three versions of Piers Plowman which the Athlone Press is in the process of publishing and of which Professor Kane is the general editor was not planned to include discussion of the authorship of the poem.

  • Middle English Literature: A Critical Study of the Romances, the Religious Lyrics, and Piers Plowman

    While traditional analysis has been beneficial to scientific and historical findings, this text seeks to look deeper into the artistic merits of the works and the authors that wrote them, arguing that the authors of these Middle English ...

  • The Piers Plowman Glossary

    This Glossary is designed as a companion to William Langland's dream vision poem, Piers Plowman, widely regarded as the greatest literary work in Middle English before Chaucer.

  • The Poetics of Editing: In Memory of George Kane

    "This publication is a revised version of a lecture presented in May 2010 as the final event in the annual series sponsored by the Centre for Late Antique & Medieval Studies.

  • The Reborn

    The horrific past of Brackton House was buried in history, forgotten by almost everyone.

  • Alone

    Then the snow starts, a blizzard of unnatural strength. Isolated in the deep countryside, the town is soon cut off from the outside world. No help is coming. They are alone.

  • The Piers Plowman Glossary

    This Glossary is designed as a companion to William Langland's dream vision poem, Piers Plowman, widely regarded as the greatest literary work in Middle English before Chaucer.

  • Chaucer and Langland: Historical and Textual Approaches

    Chaucer and Langland: Historical and Textual Approaches

  • Piers Plowman

    Characters such as Conscience, Fidelity and Charity tumble out of the text alongside Falsehood and Guile, and are instantly recognizable as our present-day politicians and celebrities, friends and neighbors.

  • Middle English Literature: A Critical Study of the Romances, the Religious Lyrics, and Piers Plowman

    While traditional analysis has been beneficial to scientific and historical findings, this text seeks to look deeper into the artistic merits of the works and the authors that wrote them, arguing that the authors of these Middle English ...