John Bunyan

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Standard Name: Bunyan, John

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Theme or Topic Treated in Text Mary Jones
MJ 's letters cover the period from 1732 to 1748, from the writer's mid twenties till she was just over forty. Like her poems themselves they are full of the business of poetry and authorship...
Textual Production Mary Martha Sherwood
MMS published The Infant's Progress, another work based on Bunyan 's classic.
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Textual Production Monica Furlong
MF edited with an introduction, for the Folio Society , a volume entitled The Trial of John Bunyan and the Persecution of the Puritans: Selections from the Writings of John Bunyan and Agnes Beaumont.
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Textual Production Mary Martha Sherwood
The resulting book, The Indian Pilgrim, adapting Bunyan 's Pilgrim's Progress to Indian circumstances, was published in Shropshire in 1818, after she and her family returned to England. Having originally sprung from a project...
Textual Production Frances Hodgson Burnett
FHB wrote The Two Little Pilgrims' Progress (whose title invokes Bunyan and perhaps adapters of Bunyan like Mary Martha Sherwood , Barbara Hofland , and Charlotte Maria Tucker ), about the visit of orphan twins...
Textual Production Harriett Jay
She wrote it soon after a visit to Mulranny, where she encountered agrarian violence first hand. She dedicated it to William Edward Forster , Chief Secretary for Ireland.
Jay, Harriett. Robert Buchanan. AMS.
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Jay, Harriett. The Priest’s Blessing. F.V. White.
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Its full title, The...
Textual Production Charlotte Maria Tucker
As A.L.O.E., CMT published The Young Pilgrim, A Tale Illustrative of The Pilgrim's Progress, a book for children again based on Bunyan 's Pilgrim's Progress.
Bratton, Jacqueline S. The Impact of Victorian Children’s Fiction. Croom Helm.
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Textual Production Daphne Du Maurier
DDM published a small collection of newspaper stories: Come Wind, Come Weather. The first of these had appeared in the Edinburgh Evening News as A Mother and her Faith, comforting words by Daphne du...
Textual Production Katharine Tynan
KT addressed to the mourners of the War
Tynan, Katharine. The Holy War. Sidgwick and Jackson.
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her volume of poetry entitled The Holy War.
As a Catholic, KT probably did not have in mind the book of the same title by...
Textual Production Patricia Beer
At the time of her death PB was working on a selected edition, for Carcanet Press , of the poems of John Bunyan ; it never appeared.
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Textual Production Enid Blyton
EB published many works of a religious or moral cast: these include The Land of Far-Beyond, 1942 (later editions of which omit the hyphen), which is a modern, juvenile adaptation of Bunyan 's Pilgrim's...
Textual Production Mary Martha Sherwood
MMS , in Calcutta, was asked to translate Bunyan 's Pilgrim's Progress into Hindoostannee [sic]; this grew into a project for an analogue, The Indian Pilgrim.
Sherwood, Mary Martha, and Henry Sherwood. The Life of Mrs. Sherwood. Editor Kelly, Sophia, Darton.
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Sherwood, Mary Martha. The Indian Pilgrim. Houlston.
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Textual Production Monica Furlong
MF published a book about one of the important influences on her life: Puritan's Progress, A Study of John Bunyan.
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Textual Features Elizabeth Justice
EJ 's account of her early life takes little pains to shape herself as a heroine, though she is bright (teachable),
Justice, Elizabeth. Amelia; or, The Distress’d Wife.
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feeling (devoted to her older half-sister), and unfairly passed over by...
Textual Features Anne Wheathill
AW 's fondness for alliteration links her back in time to writings in Old English. She is steeped in the familiar rhythms of the Bible: But all my trust is in thy mercie: for...

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1666: John Bunyan published his spiritual autobiography,...

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1666

John Bunyan published his spiritual autobiography, Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners.

February 1678: John Bunyan's famous allegorical narrative...

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February 1678

John Bunyan 's famous allegoricalnarrative the Pilgrim's Progress (sometimes later called a novel) was licensed by the Stationers' Company ; it was published this year.

1682: Bunyan published an allegory of salvation...

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1682

Bunyan published an allegoryof salvation entitled The Holy War, probably written in the first quarter of this year.

1683: John Bunyan published a tract examining the...

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1683

John Bunyan published a tract examining the relation of women to the church: A Case of Conscience Resolved.

1684: John Bunyan published his sequel The Second...

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1684

John Bunyan published his sequelThe SecondPart of the Pilgrim's Progress, in which the protagonist is female.

1686: John Bunyan's A Book for Boys and Girls;...

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1686

John Bunyan 's A Book for Boys and Girls; or, Country Rhimes for Children was published.

1881: William Hale White published his successful...

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1881

William Hale White published his successful novel of religious doubt, The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford, Dissenting Minister, as Mark Rutherford .

1883: James Simson edited a short anthology entitled...

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1883

James Simson edited a short anthology entitled The Gipsies, as illustrated by John Bunyan , Mrs. Carlyle , and others. And, Do Snakes Swallow Their Young?.

26 April 1951: Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams's opera Pilgrim's...

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26 April 1951

Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams 's opera Pilgrim's Progress was first performed, at Covent Garden in London.

Texts

Bunyan, John. A Book for Boys and Girls; or, Country Rhimes for Children. Printed for N. P., 1686.
Bunyan, John. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners. George Larkin, 1666.
Bunyan, John, and Agnes Beaumont. The Trial of John Bunyan and the Persecution of the Puritans: Selections from the Writings of John Bunyan and Agnes Beaumont. Editor Furlong, Monica, Folio Society, 1978.