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William Langland (/ ˈ l æ ŋ l ə n d /; Latin: Willielmus de Langland; c. 1332 – 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 (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 is remembered today for his works like the vision of William concerning Piers Plowman, and its sequel Vita de Dowel, Dobet, et Dobest, Secundam Wit et Resoum. The whole work is popularly known as Piers the Plowman.
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.
May 18, 2018 · 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, the supposed English poet, generally regarded until recently as the single author of the remarkable 14th-century poem Piers the Plowman.
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.
William Langland expanded the medieval form of dream visions to espouse a political message while embracing the English tradition of alliterative poetry from the Anglo-Saxon tradition (“About Piers Plowman”).
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.
The author, William Langland, is critical of late medieval society and uses Piers Plowman to explore the sinful nature of humanity and the challenges faced by those trying to live virtuously in late medieval England. The poem is an often-humorous satire with a serious point.
