'Doctrine by ensample': Sanctification through Literature in Milton and Bunyan

• Published in: Bunyan studies Vol. 6; no. 6; p. 44
• Main Author: Zinck, Arlette M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Bunyan Studies 01.01.1995; Northumbria University, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences
• Subjects: British & Irish literature; Bunyan, John (1628-1688); English literature; Milton, John (1608-1674)

[...]how might Milton and Bunyan reconcile their belief in this textual power with the varied responses that their works received? [...]the edification offered by the poem results from the intellectual conflict inspired by it. Varied critical reactions to Satan have followed the poem since the time...