Piers Plowman; with Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo (anon.) [Hardcover] Langland, William (Everyman's Library) Cozy Craft & Hobby Mysteries liek a child's innocence are

liek a child's innocence are in essence very fragile-beautiful to behold but easily broken

Over the 40 year time span covered by the book

wry and hilariously deadpan

ISBN13: 9781572930230 ISBN10: 1572930233 Material Type: paperback

Piers Plowman; with Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo (anon.) [Hardcover] Langland, William (Everyman's Library) Cozy Craft & Hobby Mysteries liek a child's innocence areThe magnificent heritage of English poetry before Chaucer is often neglected because of difficulties with unfamiliar dialect. These translations reveal what we are missing if we ignore it. Piers Plowman belongs to the tradition of medieval allegory, but without any of the stuffiness that label suggests. It paints a vivid picture of everyday life in the 14th century with a vigour and detail which anticipates The Canterbury Tales. However, the jewel in