{"product_id":"editing-piers-plowman-the-evolution-of-the-text-paperback-9780521024020","title":"Editing Piers Plowman; The Evolution of the Text (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521024020","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEditing Piers Plowman\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Evolution of the Text\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1996 book is an account of the editions of Piers Plowman which have appeared since 1550.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCharlotte Brewer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521024020, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 February 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e480 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.713 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"What Brewer demonstrates...are the ways in which general editorial theories are implicated in historical contexts and, more particularly, in which views on the authorship of Piers Plowman and the number and character of its versions are implicated in one another.\"   An Interdisciplinary Annual of Textual Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe fifty-plus extant manuscripts of Piers Plowman have always posed a puzzle to editors and readers. This 1996 book is an account of the editions of the poem which have appeared since 1550, when it was first published by the protestant reformer Robert Crowley. It examines the circumstances in which the editions were produced, the lives and intellectual motivations of the editors, and the relationship between one edition and the next. Brewer places the work of W. W. Skeat at the centre of Piers Plowman editing, showing how he towered above his predecessors and determined the path subsequently taken by editors of the poem, and presents much new biographical information about this extraordinary man. She uses a wide range of published and previously unpublished material to explain the difficulties of editing and to shed light on attempts to crack one of the major editorial conundrums in medieval studies.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Early Phase: 1. Crowley\u003cbr\u003e 2. Percy, Warton, Tyrwhitt, Ritson\u003cbr\u003e 3. Whitaker and Price\u003cbr\u003e 4. Wright\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Late Nineteenth Century: 5. The early English text society and its editorial context\u003cbr\u003e 6. Skeat: Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 7. Skeat's A-Text\u003cbr\u003e 8. Skeat's B-Text\u003cbr\u003e 9. Skeat's C-Text\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Skeat Aftermath: 10. Manly versus Chambers and Grattan\u003cbr\u003e 11. Excursus: Westcott and Hort\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Chambers Grattan, Knott and Fowler: 12. Chambers 1909–10\u003cbr\u003e 13. Chambers versus Knott\u003cbr\u003e 14. Chambers' graduate students\u003cbr\u003e 15. Chambers 1931\u003cbr\u003e 16. Chambers 1935–42\u003cbr\u003e 17. The Chambers and Grattan collations\u003cbr\u003e 18. Grattan and Kane\u003cbr\u003e 19. Knott and Fowler, Donaldson, Mitchell and Russell\u003cbr\u003e Part V. The Athlone Press Edition: 20. The Athlone A-Text\u003cbr\u003e 21. The Athlone B-Text\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Epilogue: The Athlone Aftermath: Schmidt, Pearsall, Rigg-Brewer, et al.\u003cbr\u003e Indexes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20poetry%20\u0026amp;%20poets%20%5BDSC%5D%22\"\u003eDSC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006017261848,"sku":"9780521024020","price":40.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521024020i.jpg?v=1694963655","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/editing-piers-plowman-the-evolution-of-the-text-paperback-9780521024020","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}