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082 0 4 _a828.407
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100 1 _aDunan-Page, Anne
_eauthor
245 1 4 _aThe Cambridge companion to Bunyan /
_cAnne Dunan-Page
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2010
300 _a187 pages
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
520 _a"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 l
650 0 _aBunyan, John, -- 1628-1688 -- Criticism and interpretation
650 0 _aBunyan, John, -- 1628-1688 -- Appreciation
650 0 _aBunyan, John, -- 1628-1688 -- Influence
650 0 _aChristianity and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century
650 0 _aChristian literature, English -- History and criticism
650 0 _aDissenters, Religious, in literature
650 0 _aPuritan movements in literature
650 0 _aCriticism and interpretation
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