John Bunyan

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Standard Name: Bunyan, John

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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.
Wast, Elisabeth. Memoirs; or, Spiritual Exercises. 1724.
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Reading Francis Spirahurt me more than all the Books...
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
KT addressed to the mourners of the War
Tynan, Katharine. The Holy War. Sidgwick and Jackson, 1916.
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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...
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, 1981.
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This is a...
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.
Bunyan , along with the Bible, was one of CMT 's primary literary influences. Whether or not she knew it, she...
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, 1981.
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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, 1996.
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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, 1854.
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Sherwood, Mary Martha. The Indian Pilgrim. Houlston, 1818.
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Textual Production Mary Martha Sherwood
MMS published The Infant's Progress, another work based on Bunyan 's classic.
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OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, 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 .

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

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February 1678

John Bunyan 's famous allegorical narrative the Pilgrim's Progress (sometimes later called a novel) was licensed by the Stationers' Company ; it was published this year.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

1682: Bunyan published an allegory of salvation...

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1682

Bunyan published an allegory of salvation entitled The Holy War, probably written in the first quarter of this year.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

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.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.
Beaumont, Agnes. “Introduction”. The Narrative of the Persecutions of Agnes Beaumont, edited by Vera J. Camden, Colleagues Press, 1992, pp. 1-33.
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1684: John Bunyan published his sequel The Second...

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1684

John Bunyan published his sequel The Second Part of the Pilgrim's Progress, in which the protagonist is female.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

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.
Bunyan, John. A Book for Boys and Girls; or, Country Rhimes for Children. Printed for N. P., 1686.
Demers, Patricia, and Robert Gordon Moyles, editors. From Instruction to Delight: An Anthology of Children’s Literature to 1850. Oxford University Press, 1982.
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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 .
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.

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?.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

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.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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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. Pilgrim’s Progress. N. Ponder, 1678.
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.