The annual volume of work devoted to Langland and Piers Plowman includes essays on the manuscripts of Piers Plowman, Piers Plowmanand prophecy, and Langland and the tradition of spiritual growth; also includedis a line-number index to the Athlone edition of Piers Plowman. Notes focus on a penitential motif and on romance convention. A bibliography of 1992 publications and reviews of recent publications complete the volume. Contributors: RALPH HANNA III, RICHARDK. EMMERSON, STEPHEN MANNING, PETER BARNEY, GEORGE KANE, M. JANE TOSWELL, NICOLE CLIFTON