Synopses & Reviews
Review
“...a fine edition which will make the C Version more accessible and comprehensible, and, I hope, more widely read.” -
Review of English Studies Review of English Studies
Review
“...Pearsall gives a great deal of aid with the social and political context of Piers, ranging from straightforward explanation of personal allusions or glosses on the detail of fourteenth-century ecclesiastical organization to fruitful comment on the largest questions about Langlands society.” -
English Language Notes English Language Notes
Review
“For the first time it is possible to see the C-text purged of scribal ineptitudes and arguably as Langlands maturest work ... The effect, at times, is that of the bright colours of a Renaissance painting emerging from under the dirt, varnish and academic pieties of generations.” -English English