Bunyan in Russian Literature

• Published in: Bunyan studies no. 14; p. 96
• Main Author: Kosyakov, Gennady
• 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; Russian language; Russian literature

Bunyan's texts were first translated into the Russian language from French and German in 1782 by an anonymous translator. In this poem the author continues the literary traditions of Bunyan and Milton, especially in the description of the Devil. [...]in the text we can find a lot of Masonic sym...