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Allan H. Bright; preface by R. W. Chambers.
New Light on 'Piers Plowman'.
Publisher: Oxford U.P., 1928.
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound; no dustjacket.
Printer: University Press, Oxford.
Size: 134x194x11mm.
Page count: text 94pp; plates 8pp.
Main language: English; quotations and appendices given without translation.
Overall condition fair to good: this copy has some wear to the boards and spine, not too severe; binding starting to split internally here and there, though no pages are detached; plates starting to yellow with age; text appears to be free of marking.

This item £12.00
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[Astrologos paperback in print at $41.00]
Weight without packaging: 243g.

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Examines some localities in the Malverns to try and narrow down a background for the poet and some of the scenes in his poem.

Contents: Ledbury; Longland; The field of folk; The good knight; London — 1st phase — last phase; The anonymity of Langland.

Appendices: Selected texts (mostly Latin or Middle English).
Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Illustrations: 8 monochrome plates
Maps & plans: 2
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: yes
Bibliography: no
Index: yes

See also | Piers Plowman | Herefordshire |
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