Piers Plowman: A New Translation of the B-text
- ISBN-10
- 0192836463
- ISBN-13
- 9780192836465
- Series
- Piers Plowman
- Category
- Literary Collections
- Pages
- 355
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Author
- William Langland
Description
This is a reissue of the previous World's Classics edition.
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