{"product_id":"piers-plowman-william-langland-9781941331132","title":"Piers Plowman: The B-Version Archetype (Bx)","description":"This edition, the first of its kind in \u003ci\u003ePiers Plowman\u003c\/i\u003e studies, aims to establish the archetypal text of the B-version of the poem, the ancestor of all extant manuscripts. The editors claim that this can be determined with certainty in the majority of lines by examining the relationship between the best copies of the alpha and beta families of the B-version stemma. Past editors have attempted to reconstruct the authorial text by extensive emendation, but Burrow and Turville-Petre claim that the archetype was not nearly as corrupt as previously maintained. In \u003ci\u003ePiers Plowman: The B-Version Archetype\u003c\/i\u003e the editors have opened a new chapter in the study of the B-text tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Langland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1941331130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781941331132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Society Early English and Norse Electronic Te\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"William Langland","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47637320499455,"sku":"9781941331132","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cf68b166-286e-4642-8df2-0ef78e73c027.jpg?v=1765115415","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/piers-plowman-william-langland-9781941331132","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}