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- catalog abstract "Langland's Piers Plowman is a profoundly Christian poem which nevertheless has enjoyed a wide general appeal. Readers - both religious and non-religious - have been drawn by the power of Langland's fictive imagination, the rich variety of imaginary worlds in his great dream-poem. Langland's Fictions examines the construction of the ten dreams which make up the B Text of Piers Plowman, and explores the relation of these dream-fictions to those realities with which the poet was chiefly preoccupied. This relationship is discussed under three main headings: 'fictions of the divided mind', in which the poet's mixed feelings about matters such as the value of learning find expression in imagined scenes and actions; 'fictions of history', in which the main events of salvation history are relived in the parallel worlds of dream; and 'fictions of the self', in which Langland's doubtful sense of his own moral standing as a man and a poet apparently finds expression. This chapter also addresses the controversial question of 'autobiographical elements' in the poem. J.A. Burrow's lively and considered study is a major contribution to our understanding of one of medieval literature's most enduring works.".
- catalog contributor b4064733.
- catalog created "1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
- catalog description "1. A Gathering of Dreams -- 2. Fictions of the Divided Mind -- 3. Fictions of History -- 4. Fictions of Self? -- 5. Afterword -- Appendix A. Langland and Deguileville: Le Pelerinage de Jhesucrist -- Appendix B. Piers Plowman and Saint Peter: B xv. 195-212.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-128) and index.".
- catalog description "Langland's Piers Plowman is a profoundly Christian poem which nevertheless has enjoyed a wide general appeal. Readers - both religious and non-religious - have been drawn by the power of Langland's fictive imagination, the rich variety of imaginary worlds in his great dream-poem. Langland's Fictions examines the construction of the ten dreams which make up the B Text of Piers Plowman, and explores the relation of these dream-fictions to those realities with which the poet was chiefly preoccupied. This relationship is discussed under three main headings: 'fictions of the divided mind', in which the poet's mixed feelings about matters such as the value of learning find expression in imagined scenes and actions; 'fictions of history', in which the main events of salvation history are relived in the parallel worlds of dream; and 'fictions of the self', in which Langland's doubtful sense of his own moral standing as a man and a poet apparently finds expression. This chapter also addresses the controversial question of 'autobiographical elements' in the poem. J.A. Burrow's lively and considered study is a major contribution to our understanding of one of medieval literature's most enduring works.".
- catalog extent "130 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Langland's fictions.".
- catalog identifier "0198112939 (alk. paper) :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Langland's fictions.".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford : Clarendon ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Langland's fictions.".
- catalog subject "821/.1 20".
- catalog subject "Christian poetry, English (Middle) History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Dreams in literature.".
- catalog subject "Langland, William, 1330?-1400? Piers Plowman.".
- catalog subject "PR2017.D73 B87 1993".
- catalog subject "Poetry Psychological aspects.".
- catalog subject "Rhetoric, Medieval.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. A Gathering of Dreams -- 2. Fictions of the Divided Mind -- 3. Fictions of History -- 4. Fictions of Self? -- 5. Afterword -- Appendix A. Langland and Deguileville: Le Pelerinage de Jhesucrist -- Appendix B. Piers Plowman and Saint Peter: B xv. 195-212.".
- catalog title "Langland's fictions / J.A. Burrow.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".