A-text

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A-text is one of the principal early versions of the Middle English allegorical poem *Piers Plowman*, representing an initial and shorter stage in the work’s complex textual development.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Middle English literary text
manuscript tradition
textual version
associatedWork Piers Plowman
chronologicalRelation earlier than B-text of Piers Plowman
earlier than C-text of Piers Plowman
form poem
genre allegorical poem
isVersionOf Piers Plowman
language Middle English
lengthCharacteristic shorter version
narrativeMode allegory
textualDevelopmentRole initial stage in the poem’s complex textual development
principal early version of Piers Plowman
tradition Middle English
surface form: Middle English literature
workStage early version
initial stage

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Piers Plowman hasVersion A-text