ISBN details
- ISBN 10: 0199581304
- ISBN 13: 9780199581306
Overview
This Handbook Brings Together Thirty-eight Original Essays On The Seventeenth-century Nonconformist Preacher And Writer, John Bunyan. The Chapters Span Bunyan's Life And Works, Their Religious And Historical Contexts, And The Critical Reception Of His Writings, In Particular His Allegorical Narrative, 'the Pilgrim's Progress'. Introduction: Bunyan's Presence / Michael Davies -- Part I. Contexts -- Bunyan's Life, Bunyan's Lives / Michael A. Mullett -- Bunyan's England: The Trials And Triumphs Of Restoration Dissent / John Coffey -- Bunyan And The Bedford Congregation / Anne Dunan-page -- Bunyan's Theology And Religious Context / Dewey D. Wallace / Jr. -- Bunyan And The Word / Alison Searle -- Bunyan's Reading / Roger Pooley -- Bunyan And Gender / Margaret J. M. Ezell -- 'come Ye Out From Among Them / And Be Ye Separate': Bunyan And The Writing Of Dissent / N. H. Keeble -- Bunyan's Partners In Print / Kathleen Lynch -- Part Ii. Works -- Early Works: Bunyan In The 1650s / David Walker -- Bunyan In Prison: Writings From The 1660s / David Gay -- Grace Abounding To The Chief Of Sinners (1666) / Nigel Smith -- 'the Desired Countrey': Bunyan's Writings On The Church In The 1670s / Ken Simpson -- The Pilgrim's Progress (1678): Chasing Apollyon's Tale / Michael Davies-- The Life And Death Of Mr. Badman (1680) / Katsuhiro Engetsu -- The Holy War (1682) / Nancy Rosenfeld -- Piety And Radicalism: Bunyan's Writings Of The 1680s / Arlette Zinck -- The Pilgrim's Progress / Part Ii (1684) / Margaret Olofson Thickstun -- 'truth In Meeter': Bunyan's Poetry And Dissenting Poetics / Elizabeth Clarke -- Bunyan's Posthumously Published Works / W. R. Owens -- Part Iii. Directions In Criticism-- Bunyan, Emblem And Allegory / Jeremy Tambling -- Bunyan And Romance / Nick Davis -- The Prose Style Of John Bunyan / Mary Ann Lund -- The Language Of The Pilgrim's Progress / Julie Coleman -- 'nor Do Thou Go To Work Without My Key': Reading Bunyan Out To The Edges / Maxine Hancock -- Bunyan And The Historians / Tamsin Spargo -- Bunyan Unbound: Prison And The Place Of Creativity / Vera J. Camden -- Bunyan, Poststructuralism And Postmodernism / Stuart Sim -- Bunyan, Theory, And Theology: A Case For Postsecular Criticism / Lori Branch -- Part Iv. Journeys-- Bunyan And The Early Novel / Cynthia Wall -- The Pilgrim's Progress In The Evangelical Revival / Isabel Rivers -- Bunyan And The Romantics / Jonathan Shears -- Bunyan And The Victorians / Vincent Newey -- Bunyan And America / Joel D. Rasmussen -- Bunyan, Class, And Englishness / Gary Day -- Wayfaring Images: The Pilgrim's Pictorial Progress / Nathalie Colle -- Bunyan For Children / Shannon Murray -- Bunyan And Empire / Sylvia Brown. Edited By Michael Davies And W.r. Owens. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Other Details
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Language: Eng English
- Format: print
- Dimensions: xxvii, 704 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Pages: 736
- Date Published: 2018-09-26t00:00:01z