William Langland - Wikipedia
William Langland (/ ˈ l æ ŋ l ə n d /; Latin: Willielmus de Langland; c. 1330 – c. 1386) is the presumed author of a work of Middle English alliterative verse generally known as Piers Plowman, an allegory with a complex variety of religious themes.
William Langland | 14th Century English Poet & Author of Piers …
William Langland (born c. 1330—died c. 1400) was the presumed author of one of the greatest examples of Middle English alliterative poetry, generally known as Piers Plowman, an allegorical work with a complex variety of religious themes.
William Langland | The Poetry Foundation
William Langland was the author of Piers Plowman, a quintessential example of Middle English alliterative poetry. Langland is believed to have been born around 1330 and have died around 1400.
William Langland (c.1332?-c.1400?) - Harvard University
William Langland, generally thought to be the author of Piers Plowman, was apparently born and raised in the West of England, but he lived in London, which is a principal subject of the early parts of his poem.
William Langland - Encyclopedia.com
2018年5月18日 · The English poet William Langland (ca. 1330-ca. 1400) is known as the probable author of " Piers Plowman," an allegorical poem which attacks abuses in the government and the Church and deplores the misery of a people without true leadership.
William Langland - New World Encyclopedia
William Langland is the conjectured author of the fourteenth-century English poem Piers Plowman. Almost nothing is known of Langland himself, and if he authored any other works of literature they are no longer known to us.
Life of William Langland (c.1330-1387?) [Biography] - Luminarium
WILLIAM LANGLAND, the generally accepted author of the Medieval allegorical poem Piers Plowman, is a figure of whom there is no mention in contemporary records. Everything written about his life is educated conjecture based on Langland's texts and later allusions.
Who was William Langland – Langland Language Institute
Who Was William Langland? Langland, William, c.1332–c.1400, putative author of Piers Plowman. He was born probably at Ledbury near the Welsh marshes and may have gone to school at Great Malvern Priory. Although he took minor orders he never became a priest.
William Langland (ca.1330-1387) - Luminarium
WILLIAM LANGLAND, the supposed English poet, generally regarded until recently as the single author of the remarkable 14th-century poem Piers the Plowman.
William Langland: Literary Contribution to Middle English
William Langland (1332-1400) is the author of a long poem, Piers Plowman, the most popular poem of the century. It exists in three versions, called A, B & C Texts, which appeared in 1362, 1377 and 1400 respectively.