Piers Plowman: A Parallet-text Edition of A, B, C and Z Versions - Couverture rigide

Schmidt, A. V. C.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1580441416 ISBN 13 : 9781580441414

Editeur : Medieval Institute Publications, 2008

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.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This is the first volume of a two-volume parallel-text edition of Piers Plowman. It contains complete critical texts of all four versions of the poem (the A, B and C texts and also the Z texts, the authenticity of which is still under debate). Each text is provided with a full critical apparatus based on first-hand study of the manuscript evidence in the light of modern scholarly understanding of the ways in which medieval vernacular texts were copied and transmitted. The text has been edited in a format based on that pioneered by W W Skeat in his famous parallel-text edition of 1886. This edition differs from that of Skeat in that the whole process of editing has been carried out on the basis of a systematic comparison of the variant readings of all versions, and also in that the detailed textual apparatus is included with the texts, enabling the reader to evaluate the strength of the manuscript support at every stage.
Volume Two will contain the critical introduction, text notes, commentary, bibliography and the important glossary. Together they will provide a full and convenient basis for advanced study of this great medieval poem.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Medieval Institute Publications
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1580441416
• ISBN 13: 9781580441414
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 948
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible