The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come /
Bunyan wrote the first part of "The pilgrim's progress" when he was in prison as a Baptist preacher. In his hands a pious tract is transformed into a work of imaginative literature which has been more widely read than any book in English except the Bible. Its influence, both indirectl...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford,
Clarendon Press,
1960.
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| Edition: | 2d ed., |
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| Summary: | Bunyan wrote the first part of "The pilgrim's progress" when he was in prison as a Baptist preacher. In his hands a pious tract is transformed into a work of imaginative literature which has been more widely read than any book in English except the Bible. Its influence, both indirectly on the English consciousness and directly on the literature that followed, has been immeasurable. The rich countryman's phrases that Bunyan borrowed or invented have become enshrined in the language, and many of the characters he created to people his imaginary world have won for themselves an independent and unforgettable existence. |
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| Physical Description: | cxviii, 365 pages illustrations, portrait, facsimiles 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0198118023 9780198118022 |