Piers the Ploughman
William LanglandPiers the Ploughman, a blending of prophecy and satirical comedy, is the great representative English poem of the late Middle Ages.
The work of an obscure fourteenth-century cleric, Piers the Ploughman is concerned with the largest of all poetic themes, the meaning of man's life in relation to his ultimate destiny. This spiritual allegory is set against a colorful background of teeming medieval life between the 'Tower of Truth' and the 'Dungeon of Falsehood'. With an Introduction, Notes and a book-by-book Commentary on the allegory, J.F. Goodridge's modern translation of the poem captures the flavour of Langland's vivid pictures and vernacular expressions.
年:
2009
出版商:
Penguin Group USA, Inc.
語言:
english
ISBN 10:
1101492821
ISBN 13:
9781101492826
文件:
EPUB, 1.94 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2009