Eric Weiskott is Professor of English at Boston College. He is the author most recently of Meter and Modernity in English Verse, 1350–1650 (2021) and English Alliterative Verse: Poetic Tradition and Literary History (2016). He is an editor of the Yearbook of Langland Studies.

• Preface Acknowledgements AbbreviationsIntroduction Why the A-text? Title Author Dialect Metre Genre and macrostructure Sources Manuscript circulation and reception Unresolved questions in contemporary study of Piers PlowmanThe present edition Thematic notes Note on spelling Note on pronunciation Note on the subjunctive mood Note on the notes Glossary of common words and affixesWILLIAM LANGLAND, PIERS PLOWMAN (A-TEXT)Appendix A. Passus 12: The discourse of Clergy and Scripture continued; Hunger, Fever, and Death; John But’s eulogy Appendix B. Two passages new in the B revision Appendix C. Substantial differences from Kane’s textBibliography Index

Eric Weiskott is Professor of English at Boston College. He is the author most recently of Meter and Modernity in English Verse, 1350–1650 (2021) and English Alliterative Verse: Poetic Tradition and Literary History (2016). He is an editor of the Yearbook of Langland Studies.

• Preface Acknowledgements AbbreviationsIntroduction Why the A-text? Title Author Dialect Metre Genre and macrostructure Sources Manuscript circulation and reception Unresolved questions in contemporary study of Piers PlowmanThe present edition Thematic notes Note on spelling Note on pronunciation Note on the subjunctive mood Note on the notes Glossary of common words and affixesWILLIAM LANGLAND, PIERS PLOWMAN (A-TEXT)Appendix A. Passus 12: The discourse of Clergy and Scripture continued; Hunger, Fever, and Death; John But’s eulogy Appendix B. Two passages new in the B revision Appendix C. Substantial differences from Kane’s textBibliography Index

Eric Weiskott is Professor of English at Boston College. He is the author most recently of Meter and Modernity in English Verse, 1350–1650 (2021) and English Alliterative Verse: Poetic Tradition and Literary History (2016). He is an editor of the Yearbook of Langland Studies.

• Preface Acknowledgements AbbreviationsIntroduction Why the A-text? Title Author Dialect Metre Genre and macrostructure Sources Manuscript circulation and reception Unresolved questions in contemporary study of Piers PlowmanThe present edition Thematic notes Note on spelling Note on pronunciation Note on the subjunctive mood Note on the notes Glossary of common words and affixesWILLIAM LANGLAND, PIERS PLOWMAN (A-TEXT)Appendix A. Passus 12: The discourse of Clergy and Scripture continued; Hunger, Fever, and Death; John But’s eulogy Appendix B. Two passages new in the B revision Appendix C. Substantial differences from Kane’s textBibliography Index