The Life and Character of the Author of The Vision of Piers Plowman
Abstract
The fourteenth century poem known as the Vision of Piers Flowman is recognized by scholars as one of the most important works of medieval literature. It is often considered as a complement to the panoramic picture of fourteenth century social life drawn by the author of the Canterbury Tales. Its popularity is indicated by the existence of no less than sixty manuscripts containing three different versions that have been named the A, B, and C text respectively. Studies of the texts, their meaning, and their author have been made for their usefulness in se- curing a picture of the age. Evidence, internal and external, has been advanced as proof that the author was, variously, this man or that. But no attempt has been made to synthesize these findings with a view to producing a biography of the author of this important work.
Subject Area
Medieval literature|British and Irish literature
Recommended Citation
McElligott, Joan F, "The Life and Character of the Author of The Vision of Piers Plowman" (1946). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI28443229.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI28443229
