Piers Plowman and the medieval discourse of desire
By: Nicolette Zeeman.
Series: Cambridge studies in medieval literature
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780521856102
Subjects: Langland, William, 1330?-1400?; Langland, William, 1330?-1400? -- Knowledge -- Psychology; Desire in literature; Christian poetry, English (Middle) -- History and criticism; Psychology in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.  ) and index.
Table of contents: title: "Painful lettings" : sin, temptation and tribulation; title: Powers of knowledge and desire; title: Studying the word; title: The word heard and written; title: Seeing and suffering in nature; title: Clergie and kynde in Piers Plowman; title: Imaginatyf and the feast of pacience; title: A poem shaped by knowing and wanting.