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A history of contact between 'Piers Plowman' and 'The Prick Of Conscience'

Abstract:

This thesis examines the historical relationship between Piers Plowman and The Prick of Conscience, two of the most successful verse texts produced in late-medieval England. It offers for the first time a full account of how these important fourteenth-century texts were related, from the composition of Piers between the 1360s and 1380s, through their shared reception history to the middle of the fifteenth century. By combining approaches drawn from literary criticism, textual criticism, and m...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
English Faculty
Sub department:
English Faculty
Oxford college:
St Edmund Hall
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-2740-6567

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
English Faculty
Oxford college:
Magdalen College
Role:
Supervisor
ORCID:
0000-0001-6196-3992
Type of award:
DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
Awarding institution:
University of Oxford
Language:
English
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Deposit date:
2020-10-31

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