Piers Plowman

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf allegory
gptkbp:author gptkb:William_Langland
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:England
gptkbp:criticalEditions gptkb:Eileen_Power
gptkb:George_Kane
gptkb:E._Talbot_Donaldson
gptkb:A._V._C._Schmidt
gptkbp:dateWritten late 14th century
gptkbp:firstPublished 1550
gptkbp:form alliterative verse
gptkbp:genre allegory
visionary literature
gptkbp:hasCharacter gptkb:Anima
gptkb:King
gptkb:charity
gptkb:Mercy
gptkb:Envy
gptkb:Antichrist
gptkb:Friars
gptkb:Do-best
gptkb:Do-well
gptkb:Haukyn_the_Active_Man
gptkb:Kynde
gptkb:Lady_Holy_Church
gptkb:Lady_Meed
gptkb:Piers_the_Plowman
Hope
Peace
Truth
Faith
Patience
Priests
turtle
Reason
Wrath
Conscience
Pride
Gluttony
Avarice
Covetousness
Do-bet
Imaginatif
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Piers Plowman
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:John_Ball
gptkb:Peasants'_Revolt_of_1381
English literature
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:theology
gptkbp:language gptkb:Middle_English
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Piers
gptkb:the_Dreamer_(Will)
gptkbp:manuscriptVersions gptkb:C-text
A-text
B-text
gptkbp:notableFor use of alliterative verse
multiple manuscript versions
complex allegory
gptkbp:referencedIn gptkb:Oxford_English_Dictionary
gptkbp:relatedWork gptkb:The_Canterbury_Tales
gptkb:Pearl
gptkb:Sir_Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight
gptkbp:setting medieval England
gptkbp:structure series of dream visions
gptkbp:studiedIn medieval literature courses
gptkbp:subject social justice
Christian allegory
corruption in church and society
gptkbp:theme gptkb:spirituality
social criticism
search for truth
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:William_Langland
gptkb:Alliterative_Revival
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6