An Introduction to Piers Plowman
- ISBN-10
- 0813062705
- ISBN-13
- 9780813062709
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 355
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016
- Publisher
- New Perspectives on Medieval L
- Authors
- R. Barton Palmer, Tison Pugh, Michael A. Calabrese
Description
The author covers all three iterations of William Langland's Piers Plowman and discusses the various changes that occurred from one revision to the next, making this work unique in its ability to be taught alongside any version of a professor's choosing.
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