John Bunyan in Context

John Bunyan in Context
Author: Michael A. Mullett
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1996
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

A comprehensive re-evaluation of the life and work of one of England's most celebrated authors.

John Bunyan and the Language of Conviction

John Bunyan and the Language of Conviction
Author: Beth Lynch
Publisher: DS Brewer
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2004
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781843840176

Bunyan's works re-evaluated, and considered in their Restoration and non-conformist context. This book undertakes a major reassessment of the works of John Bunyan [1628-88], the nonconformist author of The Pilgrim's Progress, who was imprisoned for preaching his beliefs. Through a reading of each of his narratives, and many of his pastoral writings, both in textual detail and in relation to the various traditions - such as Reformed spirituality and the nonconformist trial - within which he lived, preached, and wrote, the author offers a systematic re-evaluation of Bunyan's development as an author. She presents new perspectives on his most popular works, Grace Abounding and The Pilgrim's Progress, whilst arguing that the significance of the lesser-known Life and Death of Mr Badman and The Holy War has been severely underestimated; and she shows how overall the works offer a candid document of nonconformist experience in the Restoration period.

The Cambridge Companion to Bunyan

The Cambridge Companion to Bunyan
Author: Anne Dunan-Page
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2010-06-10
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0521733081

A comprehensive introduction to Bunyan's life and works, examining their place in the broader context of seventeenth-century history and literature.

Fearless Pilgrim

Fearless Pilgrim
Author: Faith Cook
Publisher: EP BOOKS
Total Pages: 528
Release: 2008
Genre: Authors, English
ISBN: 9780852346808

In this new and well-written biography Faith Cook relates John Bunyan to the turbulent times through which he lived, surviving two periods of imprisonment in Bedford prison, sustained by his faith, determined, as he himself wrote to live upon God that is invisible. Faith Cook avoids the temptation of merely regarding Bunyan as one of the great figures of English literature. That he certainly is. But he is so much more a physician of souls, much-loved pastor and powerful preacher of the gospel of grace. The authoress skillfully relates her subject to the political history of his times, in which nonconformists won a greater measure of freedom to worship according to their understanding of the Bible during the Cromwellian period, only to be restricted again after the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660.

JOHN BUNYAN & HIS ENGLAND, 1628-1688

JOHN BUNYAN & HIS ENGLAND, 1628-1688
Author: Anne Laurence
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 220
Release: 1990-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781852850272

This volume of original essays is designed to be of interest to students not only of Bunyan, but of the history, religion and literature of the seventeenth century

A Tinker and a Poor Man

A Tinker and a Poor Man
Author: Christopher Hill
Publisher: Knopf
Total Pages: 424
Release: 1989
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

John Bunyan, one of England's greatest writers, was also a man of his age, an age marked by war, bloodshed, and passionate political drama. His life and times are authoritatively set forth in Christopher Hill's illuminating presentation. -- goodreads.com