Piers Plowman : The Z-Version

Author / Editor
Rigg, A. G.,and Charlotte Brewer, eds.

Title
Piers Plowman : The Z-Version

Published
Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, 1983.

Description
The editors claim "Z" (a proto-A), found only in the defective MS Bodley 851, to be the earliest version of "Piers Plowman." Introduction examines textual, linguistic, and codicological evidence; edition compares "Z" with "A."

Contributor
Brewer, Charlotte, ed.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.