Piers Plowman
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Piers Plowman is a major Middle English allegorical poem, attributed to William Langland, that explores social justice and Christian spirituality through a series of dream visions.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Piers the Plowman | 2 |
| C-text of Piers Plowman | 1 |
| Piers Plowman textual tradition | 1 |
| The Vision of Piers Plowman | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle English poem
ⓘ
allegorical poem ⓘ dream vision poem ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionDate | late 14th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Lollardy ⓘ |
| author | William Langland ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | major work of Middle English literature ⓘ |
| comparedWith | The Canterbury Tales ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Conscience
ⓘ
Lady Holy Church ⓘ Reason ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| criticizes |
abuses in the medieval Church
ⓘ
corrupt clergy ⓘ social inequality ⓘ |
| explores |
relationship between work and faith
ⓘ
role of the laity in Christian life ⓘ |
| focusesOn | search for Dowel, Dobet, Dobest ⓘ |
| form | alliterative verse ⓘ |
| genre |
allegory
ⓘ
religious literature ⓘ visionary literature ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
A-text
ⓘ
B-text ⓘ C-text ⓘ |
| influenced |
English religious reform movements
ⓘ
William Morris ⓘ modern social Christianity ⓘ |
| language | Middle English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
Middle English
ⓘ
surface form:
Middle English literature
|
| literaryTradition | alliterative revival ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Piers Plowman
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Piers the Plowman
Will ⓘ |
| manuscriptTradition | complex and variable ⓘ |
| meter | alliterative long line ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice | first-person dreamer ⓘ |
| originalVerseForm | unrhymed alliterative verse ⓘ |
| setting |
Middle Ages
ⓘ
surface form:
medieval England
|
| structure | series of dream visions ⓘ |
| studiedIn | medieval English literature courses ⓘ |
| theme |
Christian spirituality
ⓘ
church corruption ⓘ grace ⓘ salvation ⓘ sin ⓘ social justice ⓘ true Christian life ⓘ |
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Conscience (Piers Plowman)
subject surface form:
Conscience (Piers Plowman)
this entity surface form:
C-text of Piers Plowman
this entity surface form:
Piers the Plowman
this entity surface form:
Piers the Plowman
this entity surface form:
The Vision of Piers Plowman