Piers Plowman. A Parallel-Text Edition of the A, B, C and Z Versions (Complete 3 Volume Set)

Langland, William; A. V. C. Schmidt (editor)

ISBN 10: 1580441610 / ISBN 13: 9781580441612

Published by Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 2011

About this Item

3 volumes in large trade paper wrappers, 9.7 x 7.4 inches. Volume I: Text, Second Edition. Volume II, Part 1: Introduction and Textual Notes, Revised Edition. Volume II, Part 2: Commentary, Bibliography and Indexical Glossary, Revised Edition. Illustrated with black and white plates. Series: Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture. ISBNs: Vol I 9781580441582; Vol II Part 1 9781580441599; Vol II Part 2 9781580441605. Set ISBN given as 9781580441612. Acid free paper. Heavy set. Condition: Near Fine overall. Bright, clean wraps with only the faintest shelf rub. Spines square and uncreased, bindings tight, text in all volumes clean and unmarked. Very minor corner bump to one volume only. No owners marks. Appears little used. ---. Definitive classroom and reference edition presenting all four versions of Piers Plowman in parallel text, with extensive textual notes, full commentary, bibliography, and indexical glossary. Volume I is explicitly the Second Edition (2011); Vol II Parts 1 and 2 are Revised Edition (2011). Vol I notes that the first edition of the Text volume was originally published by Longman in 1978. Substantial and well regarded resource for Middle English studies and Langland scholarship.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Piers Plowman. A Parallel-Text Edition of the A, B, C and Z Versions (Complete 3 Volume Set)
• Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1580441610
• ISBN 13: 9781580441612
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: Second Edition/Revised Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine

About this title

Synopsis

This work--a parallel-text edition that contains all four versions of Piers Plowman--constitutes a major enterprise of textual scholarship and will provide for students of Langland a modern equivalent to Skeat's standard edition of 1886. This revised and corrected three-volume set is specifically designed to facilitate study of the parallel text (Volume 1) alongside both the textual notes (Volume 2, part 1) and the commentary/glossary (Volume 2, part 2), and is intended to make the entire edition available to as many students of Langland as possible.

About the Author

A. V. C. Schmidt was a Fellow at Balliol College, University of Oxford from 1972 until his retirement in 2011, and specializes in Piers Plowman and Chaucer.