The Vision and Creed of Piers Ploughman, Volume 2 by William Langland
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"The Vision and Creed of Piers Ploughman, Volume 2" by William Langland is a Middle English allegorical narrative poem written between 1370-86. Through a series of dream visions, the narrator Will searches for the true Christian life, encountering allegorical figures like Dowel, Dobet, and Dobest. This theological allegory and social satire follows Will's spiritual quest through medieval Catholic society, featuring the plowman Piers who guides penitents seeking salvation. The poem explores sin,
redemption, poverty, and the nature of virtuous living through vivid dreamscapes and moral instruction. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Langland, William, 1330?-1400? |
|---|---|
| Editor | Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877 |
| Title | The Vision and Creed of Piers Ploughman, Volume 2 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piers_Plowman |
| Credits |
Produced by Mark C. Orton, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 81.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Poetry |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 43661 |
| Release Date | Sep 7, 2013 |
| Last Update | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1244 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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