UID:
almahu_9947361025302882
Format:
1 online resource (212 pages) :
,
digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511777523 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Cambridge Companions to Literature
Content:
John Bunyan was a major figure in seventeenth-century Puritan literature, and one deeply embroiled in the religious upheavals of his times. This Companion considers all his major texts, including The Pilgrim's Progress and his autobiography Grace Abounding. The essays, by leading Bunyan scholars, place these and his other works in the context of seventeenth-century history and literature. They discuss such key issues as the publication of dissenting works, the history of the book, gender, the relationship between literature and religion, between literature and early modern radicalism, and the reception of seventeenth-century texts. Other chapters assess Bunyan's importance for the development of allegory, life-writing, the early novel and children's literature. This Companion provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to an author with an assured and central place in English literature.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Jan 2017).
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521515269
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CCOL9780521515269
