C-text

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C-text is one of the principal textual versions of the Middle English allegorical poem *Piers Plowman*, representing a distinct editorial and manuscript tradition within its complex transmission history.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Middle English literary text
recension
textual version
follows B-text
genre allegorical poem
hasAlternativeName C-text of Piers Plowman
C-version of Piers Plowman
hasAuthor William Langland
hasCriticalDesignation C-text recension
C-version
hasFeature complex transmission history
substantial revision of earlier versions
hasForm alliterative verse
hasManuscriptTradition distinct editorial tradition
distinct manuscript tradition
hasRelationToWork later redaction of Piers Plowman
hasScope major reworking of narrative and structure
isPrincipalVersionOf Piers Plowman
language Middle English
partOf Piers Plowman textual tradition
relatedTo A-text
B-text
studiedInField Middle English studies
manuscript studies
textual criticism
timePeriod late 14th century
usedBy editors of Piers Plowman
literary historians
philologists
workTitle Piers Plowman

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Piers Plowman
hasVersion

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