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by William Langland (Author), A.V.C. Schmidt (Translator) "One summer time, when the sun was mild, I dressed myself in sheepskin clothing, the habit of a hermit of unholy life, and wandered abroad..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 408 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks; annotated edition edition (1 Mar 1992)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0192825879
  • ISBN-13: 978-0192825872
  • Product Dimensions: 18.7 x 11.4 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Dr. Anita O'Connell, University of Sunderland.

"Excellent tanslation, excellent notes." --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.


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This new translation of the B-text is provided with an Introduction and extensive Notes which place the work in its contemporary setting and offer a full interpretative commentary on the poem. This book is intended for students of English literature.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Piers the Plowman: Comedy Classic, 28 Feb 2004
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This review is from: Piers Plowman: A New Translation of the B-text (Oxford World's Classics) (Paperback)
This is a translation of the medieval poem 'Piers Plowman', by William Langland; though a clerk by day at night Langland worked on his masterpiece of comic farce with a view to eventually rivalling Chaucer as the King of Farce in literary England. He succeeds admirably, and this is brought out in Schmidt's rollicking rendition (as announced in the introduction, this is a work "to be read aloud") which really enhances the comedy of such lines as "Thou'rt too slow, my simple donkey/ I would thou were become a monkey!", where the off-rhyme only adds to our appreciation of this comic genius.

Schmidt should be applauded for his daring in tackling such a popular poem, and choosing to enhance the readability of such an old text with his ear for modern english: I would recommend this book to anyone interested in bar brawls, loose women and simple good fun (though not always clean!). Another classic from the Master.

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