LEADER 03569nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910788511903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-89916-7 010 $a0-8122-0578-2 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812205787 035 $a(CKB)3240000000068522 035 $a(EBL)3441984 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000676495 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11418807 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000676495 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10678636 035 $a(PQKB)10341680 035 $a(OCoLC)794702273 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17901 035 $a(DE-B1597)449246 035 $a(OCoLC)979684788 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812205787 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441984 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10642736 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL421166 035 $a(OCoLC)843080378 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441984 035 $a(EXLCZ)993240000000068522 100 $a20130115d1982 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe world of Piers Plowman$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Jeanne Krochalis and Edward Peters 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$d1982 215 $a1 online resource (288 p.) 225 1 $aThe Middle Ages series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8122-1085-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $apt. I. Macrocosm and microcosm -- pt. II. Abuses in the church and the world -- pt. III. The voice of the preacher and the heretic -- pt. IV. Moral and miracle : the saint's life and the exemplum -- pt. V. Instruction and action -- pt. VI. Paysage moralisee -- pt. VII. This is the way the world ends. 330 $aNext to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, William Langland's Piers Plowman is perhaps the best-known literary picture of fourteenth-century England. Langland's work, more socially concerned and critical than Chaucer's, reflected an age of religious controversy, social upheaval, and political unrest. The World of Piers Plowman puts the reader in touch with the sources that helped shape Langland's somber vision. The representative documents included in this book, often cited in connection with the poem yet difficult to come by, disclose the background of Piers Plowman in social and economic history as well as folklore, art, theology, homilies, religious tractates, and chronicles.The seven sections into which the readings are divided illustrate ideas concerning (1) the heavens, the universal Church, England, and London; (2) material and spiritual abuses; (3) the most influential literary genres of the period; (4) exempla, moral tales from hagiography, sermon literature, and tracts on moral theology; (5) types of practical instruction available to the devout layperson; (6) the multiple meanings in many literary works; and (7) the moment of death, the judgments on the soul, and the torments and rewards of the afterlife. 410 0$aMiddle Ages series. 606 $aEnglish literature$yMiddle English, 1100-1500 606 $aManners and customs in literature 607 $aEngland$xSocial life and customs$y1066-1485 615 0$aEnglish literature 615 0$aManners and customs in literature. 676 $a821.1 701 $aKrochalis$b Jeanne$01570905 701 $aPeters$b Edward$0202722 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788511903321 996 $aThe world of Piers Plowman$93844876 997 $aUNINA