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,
目錄:
Notes on contributors
List of abbreviations
Note on the text
Chronology
Introduction Anne Dunan-Page
Part I. John Bunyan in his Seventeenth-Century Context:
1. John Bunyan''s literary life N. H. Keeble
2. John Bunyan and Restoration literature Nigel Smith
3. John Bunyan and the Bible W. R. Owens
4. John Bunyan and the goodwives of Bedford: a
psychoanalytic approach Vera J. Camden
Part II. John Bunyan''s Major Works: 5. Grace Abounding to the Chief
of Sinners: John Bunyan and spiritual autobiography Michael
Davies
6. The Pilgrim''s Progress and the line of allegory Roger
Pooley
7. Bunyan and the early novel: The Life and Death of Mr.
Badman Stuart Sim
8. Militant religion and politics in The Holy War David
Walker
9. A Book for Boys and Girls: Or, Country Rhimes for
Children: Bunyan and literature for children Shannon Murray
Part III. Readership and Reception:
10. Posthumous Bunyan: early lives and the development of
the canon Anne Dunan-Page
11. The Victorians and Bunyan''s legacy Emma Mason
12. Bunyan: colonial, postcolonial Isabel Hofmeyr
Further reading
Index.