The Vision and Creed of Piers Ploughman, Volume 1 by William Langland

"The Vision and Creed of Piers Ploughman, Volume 1" by William Langland is a Middle English allegorical narrative poem written around 1370–86. In a series of dream visions, the narrator Will searches for the true Christian life through medieval England's social and spiritual landscape. He encounters allegorical figures including Holy Church, Lady Mede, and the plowman Piers, while seeking to understand Dowel, Dobet, and Dobest. This mix of theological allegory and social satire explores salvation, sin, and society through vivid medieval imagery. (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 1
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piers_Plowman
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 69.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Poetry
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EBook-No. 43660
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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