Wast, Elisabeth. Memoirs; or, Spiritual Exercises.
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Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| 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... |
| Cultural formation | Elisabeth Wast | EW
was not able to rest peacefully in her commitment to the Church ofScotland
. Within four months she found herself troubled with Unbelief. |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Lady Mary Walker | The title suggests it was an allegorical work, not untypical of LMW
, with a close relationship to John Bunyan
's The Life and Death of Mr. Badman, 1680. |
| Textual Production | Katharine Tynan | |
| 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. 74 |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Charlotte Maria Tucker | Here a mother tells her children the story of a knight, Fides or Faithful, who slays various giants (Sloth, Pride, Untruth, etc.). The story-within-a-story was one of CMT
's favourite techniques. Bratton, Jacqueline S. The Impact of Victorian Children’s Fiction. Croom Helm. 74-5 |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Charlotte Maria Tucker | An anonymous publisher in Stickney, South Dakota, put out an undated modern reprint. “The A.L.O.E. (Charlotte Maria Tucker) Resource”. Peter and Rachel Reynolds: Used Christian Books. |
| Education | Flora Thompson | From the beginning of her time at school, Flora was constantly borrowing books to read on her own, branching out from the Bible and Bunyan
's Pilgrim's Progress to whatever she could lay her hands on. Lindsay, Gillian. Flora Thompson: The Story of the Lark Rise Writer. Hale. 19 |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Ann Martin Taylor | The debt to Bunyan
's Pilgrim's Progress (often quoted here) is obvious. |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Anne Steele | Surviving prose by AS
includes miscellaneous as well as predominantly religious pieces. The Journey of Life, reminiscent of John Bunyan
's The Pilgrim's Progress or Samuel Johnson
's Vision of Theodore, opens with... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Zadie Smith | The public unveiling of FutureMouse is a climactic scene that brings together most of the novel's central characters. It begins with a speech by Dr Marc-Pierre Perret, an experimental geneticist, Marcus Chalfen's mentor—whom as a... |
| 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. 417 Sherwood, Mary Martha. The Indian Pilgrim. Houlston. title-page |
| Textual Production | Mary Martha Sherwood | MMS
published The Infant's Progress, another work based on Bunyan
's classic. Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true. OCLC WorldCat. http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999. |
| 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... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Emma Robinson | The title sounds like an allusion more to Thackeray
than to Bunyan
. |
Timeline
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.