With Hym Ther Was a Plowman, Was His Brother
- Author / Editor
- Pigg, Daniel F.
With Hym Ther Was a Plowman, Was His Brother
- Published
- Laura C. Lambdin and Robert T. Lambdin, eds. Chaucer's Pilgrims: An Historical Guide to the Pilgrims in the "Canterbury Tales". (Westport, Conn.; and London: Greenwood, 1996), pp. 263-70.
- Description
- The GP sketch of the Plowman reflects the ambiguities of late-medieval attitudes toward labor. It depicts ideals of working-class spirituality and the social realities of agriculture.
- Alternative Title
- Chaucer's Pilgrims: An Historical Guide to the Pilgrims in "The Canterbury Tales."
- Chaucer Subjects
- General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.