Piers Plowman by William Langland: A New Annotated Edition of the C-Text

William Langland's poem "Piers Plowman" treats several important aspects of late fourteenth-century life: ideological conflict, social upheaval, and the changing role of religious thought. Vividly encapsulating the great debates of the day, it acts as a commentary on such historically significant events and ideas as the Peasants' Revolt (1381) and medieval allegory. Its engagement with religion and politics aside, "Piers Plowman" stands as one of the greatest poems of the English Middle Ages, earning a place next to works by Dante and Chaucer. For this new and fully updated edition, Langland scholar Derek Pearsall has completely revised the C-text (part of an A-B-C textual chronology), adding helpful side-glosses for the student reader, revising and updating the explanatory notes, appending an up-to-date introduction and retaining the full glossary.Pearsall, Derek is the author of 'Piers Plowman by William Langland: A New Annotated Edition of the C-Text', published 2008 under ISBN 9780859897839 and ISBN 0859897834.