Langland, William — (ca. 1330–ca. 1388) Almost nothing can be said with certainty about the author of the popular and influential 14thcentury DREAM VISION poem PIERS PLOWMAN. In the past, there was controversy as to whether a single author wrote all three… … Encyclopedia of medieval literature
Langland, William — born с 1330 died с 1400 Presumed author of the poem known as Piers Plowman. Little is known of his life, though he clearly had a deep knowledge of theology and was interested in the asceticism of St. Bernard de Clairvaux. One of the greatest… … Universalium
Langland, William — (?1330 ?1400) The dates given here are taken from the Dictionary of National Biography. Little is known of Langland s life; he could have been born somewhere in the region of the Malvern Hills, in Worcestershire, or at Ledbury near the Welsh… … British and Irish poets
Langland,William — Lang·land (lăngʹlənd), William. 1332? 1400. English poet who is credited with the authorship of The Vision of William Concerning Piers the Plowman, a medieval religious allegory. * * * … Universalium
Langland, William (or William of Langley) — (1330? 1400?) Poet. Little can be gleaned as to his personal history, and of that little part is contradictory. In a note of the 15th century written on one MS. he is said to have been b. in Oxfordshire, the s. of a freeman named Stacy de… … Short biographical dictionary of English literature
Langland — Langland, William … Enciclopedia Universal
Langland — William Langland (* ca. 1330; † 1387) war einer der bedeutendsten mittelenglischen Dichter. Über das Leben Langlands ist nur wenig bekannt, sein Name kann nur aus dem ihm zugeschriebenen Werk Piers Plowman abgeleitet werden. Dieses zählt neben… … Deutsch Wikipedia
William langford — William Langland William Langland (v .1330 v. 1386) est l auteur supposé de Pierre le laboureur (Piers Plowman), poème narratif allégorique considéré comme un chef d œuvre de la littérature anglaise du Moyen Âge antérieure à Geoffrey Chaucer.… … Wikipédia en Français
William Langland — es el supuesto autor de la primera obra conocida de Piers Plowman cuya traducción al español fue Pedro el Labrador. Nacido hacia el año 1332 en Ledbury cerca de los pantanos galeses y muerto en 1400. Parece que fue investido con las órdenes… … Wikipedia Español
William Langland — [William Langland] (c. 1330– c. 1386) an English poet whose only known work is ↑Piers Plowman, a poem describing a man’s spiritual journey in search of the truth … Useful english dictionary
