A Companion to Piers Plowmanis the first comprehensive guide to William Langland's fourteenth-century masterpiece. Until now no single volume has discussed the broad range of issues raised here, nor have previous studies drawn on such an internationally distinguished group of Langland scholars.
John A. Alfordis Professor of English, Michigan State University.
Absolutely essential reading for anyone interested in a serious consideration ofPiers Plowmanand also for anyone planning critical or scholarly investigation on itin other words, for all students of the poem, all readers of the poem, and all scholars of the poem. Robert Worth Frank, Jr.