{"product_id":"langlands-fictions-9780198112938","title":"Langland's Fictions","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Robert (Miami-Dade College) Brechner\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Australia \u0026amp; New Zealand - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLangland's \u003cem\u003ePiers Plowman\u003c\/em\u003e is a profoundly Christian poem which nevertheless has enjoyed a wide general appeal. Readers--both religious and non-religious--have been drawn by the power of Langland's fictive imagination, the rich variety of imaginary worlds in his great dream-poem. \u003cem\u003eLangland's\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eFictions\u003c\/em\u003e examines the construction of the ten dreams which make up the B Text of \u003cem\u003ePiers Plowman\u003c\/em\u003e, and explores the relation of these dream-fictions to those realities with which the poet was chiefly preoccupied. This relationship is discussed under three main headings: \"fictions of the divided mind,\" in which the poet's mixed feelings about matters such as the value of learning find expression in imagined scenes and actions; \"fictions of history\" in which the main events of salvation history are relived in the parallel worlds of dream; and \"fictions of the self,\" in which Langland's doubtful sense of his own moral standing as a man and a poet apparently finds expression. This chapter also addresses the controversial question of \"autobiographical elements\" in the poem. John Burrow's lively study is a major contribution to our understanding of one of medieval literature's most enduring works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47892491337879,"sku":"9780198112938","price":4456.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780198112938.webp?v=1781187215","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/langlands-fictions-9780198112938","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}