William Langland's "Piers Plowman": The C Version
- ISBN-10
- 0812215613
- ISBN-13
- 9780812215618
- Category
- Poetry
- Pages
- 262
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996-12
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Authors
- William Langland, George Economou
Description
Presents a translation of the poet's third version of the text
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