Book review: Michael Calabrese, An Introduction to “Piers Plowman” (Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida 2016), xxx + 355 pp.

An Introduction to “Piers Plowman” provides a sophisticated and accessible guide for students who are beginning to study Langland’s sprawling masterpiece. Buoyed by his obvious enthusiasm for the poem, Michael Calabrese gives clarity to the poem’s frequently disorientating narrative, analyses its po...

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Main Author: Glover, T
Format: Journal article
Published: UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies 2017
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