Mary Rowlandson's Captivity Narrative: a Bunyanesque Journey towards Redemption

• Published in: Bunyan studies no. 14; p. 114
• Main Author: Mingiue, Andreea
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumbria University, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences 01.01.2010
• Subjects: British & Irish literature; Bunyan, John (1628-1688); Bunyan, John (1628-88); English literature; Rowlandson, Mary White (ca 1635-ca 1678)

For Bunyan, especially, using the structure of the dream vision enabled him 'to treat his mental universe with more detachment'.3 For Rowlandson, the act of writing may have been triggered by the author's 'survival syndrome', as Derounian-Stodola calls it.4 At the end of her...