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The Lost History of ‘Piers Plowman’: The Earliest Transmission of Langland’s Work (review)

The Lost History of ‘Piers Plowman’: The Earliest Transmission of Langland’s Work (review) 254 Reviews Chapter 8 has Sellin reassessing the minor errors in Raleigh's text. He concludes they are deliberately misleading so as to prevent the easy discovery of the mine to outsiders. In the final chapter, Sellin describes how Raleigh's good character was defiled and how his trial was farcical. By quoting Raleigh's poetry, Sellin shows the Admiral's realization that the Duke of Buckingham was not coming to his aid. Overall, Treasure, Treason and the Tower is a goldmine in itself. The reassessment of Raleigh's character and travelogue, together with the decoding of forgotten letters, would capture a mass market's imagination. Sellin's book is also a reflection on how much the world has changed since the sixteenth century. The large Orinoco crocodile that threatened Raleigh's men has now nearly been hunted to extinction. Likewise, although they are still plentiful, green anacondas no longer live long enough to grow into the giants that Raleigh described. Supplemented with photographs taken during his journey, Sellin's book is a hybrid text. Ingenious scholarly insights are coupled with a popular historian's narrative implying that Sellin is unsure of which type of reader he is addressing. Frank Swannack School of Humanities, Languages, and Social Sciences http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Parergon Australian & New Zealand Association of Medieval & Early Modern Studies, Inc. (ANAZAMEMS, Inc.)

The Lost History of ‘Piers Plowman’: The Earliest Transmission of Langland’s Work (review)

Scott, Anne M.
Parergon , Volume 29 (1) – Aug 8, 2012
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254 Reviews Chapter 8 has Sellin reassessing the minor errors in Raleigh's text. He concludes they are deliberately misleading so as to prevent the easy discovery of the mine to outsiders. In the final chapter, Sellin describes how Raleigh's good character was defiled and how his trial was farcical. By quoting Raleigh's poetry, Sellin shows the Admiral's realization that the Duke of Buckingham was not coming to his aid. Overall, Treasure, Treason and the Tower is a goldmine in itself. The reassessment of Raleigh's character and travelogue, together with the decoding of forgotten letters, would capture a mass market's imagination. Sellin's book is also a reflection on how much the world has changed since the sixteenth century. The large Orinoco crocodile that threatened Raleigh's men has now nearly been hunted to extinction. Likewise, although they are still plentiful, green anacondas no longer live long enough to grow into the giants that Raleigh described. Supplemented with photographs taken during his journey, Sellin's book is a hybrid text. Ingenious scholarly insights are coupled with a popular historian's narrative implying that Sellin is unsure of which type of reader he is addressing. Frank Swannack School of Humanities, Languages, and Social Sciences

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Parergon – Australian & New Zealand Association of Medieval & Early Modern Studies, Inc. (ANAZAMEMS, Inc.)

Published: Aug 8, 2012

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