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The Pilgrim´s Progress: A Norton Critical Edition
John Bunyan
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Description for The Pilgrim´s Progress: A Norton Critical Edition
Paperback. John Bunyan was a Baptist preacher and author with little education but much vision and purpose. Editor(s): Wall, Cynthia. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 512 pages, 10 illustrations; 1 map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 142 x 61. Weight in Grams: 410.
Briefly imprisoned for preaching without a license, he is believed to have begun writing the most famous Christian allegory, The Pilgrim’s Progress, while in jail. The Pilgrim’s Progress was published in 1678 (Part I) and 1684 (Part II). Edited and annotated with the student reader in mind, this Norton Critical Edition is the indispensable guide to the language, allusions, and historical references of this challenging text. An unusually rich “Contexts” section is thematically organized in four sections: “Biographical,” “Geographical and Visual,” “Theological and Literary,” and “Abridgements and Adaptation,” and includes eleven essential visuals. “Criticism” collects twenty major essays spanning two ... Read more
Briefly imprisoned for preaching without a license, he is believed to have begun writing the most famous Christian allegory, The Pilgrim’s Progress, while in jail. The Pilgrim’s Progress was published in 1678 (Part I) and 1684 (Part II). Edited and annotated with the student reader in mind, this Norton Critical Edition is the indispensable guide to the language, allusions, and historical references of this challenging text. An unusually rich “Contexts” section is thematically organized in four sections: “Biographical,” “Geographical and Visual,” “Theological and Literary,” and “Abridgements and Adaptation,” and includes eleven essential visuals. “Criticism” collects twenty major essays spanning two ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Condition
New
Series
Norton Critical Editions
Number of Pages
520
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393927719
SKU
V9780393927719
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About John Bunyan
Cynthia Wall is Professor of English at the University of Virginia. She is the author of Prose of Things: The Transformation of Description in the Eighteenth Century and The Literary and Cultural Spaces of Restoration London. She is editor of Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock (Bedford), Daniel Defoe's The Journal of the Plague Year (Penguin), The Concise Companion ... Read more
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