The Cambridge companion to Bunyan

Folger bibliographic ID: 235442
Folger call number: PR3332 .C36 2010
Folger holdings ID: 289137

"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"--Provided by publisher

General notes

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents

Anne Dunan-Page -- Introduction

Extended title: The Cambridge companion to Bunyan / edited by Anne Dunan-Page
Alternate titles: Companion to Bunyan

Bunyan, John, 1628-1688 Christianity and literature Christian literature, English Dissenters, Religious, in literature Puritan movements in literature

subject: Bunyan, John, 1628-1688
associated with: Dunan-Page, Anne