{"product_id":"burrow-langland-s-fictions-c-9780198112938","title":"LANGLAND'S FICTIONS C","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.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nLangland's Fictions examines the construction of the ten dreams which make up the B Text of Pears 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 mainevents 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.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nJohn Burrow's lively and considered study is a major contribution to our understanding of one of medieval literature's most enduring works.","brand":"Oxford University Press (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53768671789398,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/burrow-langland-s-fictions-c-9780198112938","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}