Seven of the 14 essays explore historical, interpretive, and codicological aspects of William Langland's (c. 1332-1400) Piers Plowman, and the rest consider other alliterative medieval English
poems and poets. The topics include the new lives of Piers Plowman, the end of the line, the Blage manuscript and alliterative verse in the 16th century, Humphrey and the werewolf, the poetic
character of the C-text of Piers Plowman, Cleanness and the tradition of biblical versification, the alliterative Awntyrs stanza in older Scots verse, and Langland and some medieval outlaw
stories. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
