Protestant Autobiography in the Seventeenth-Century Anglophone World

• Published in: Bunyan studies no. 16; p. 141
• Main Author: Searle, Alison
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumbria University, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences 01.01.2012
• Subjects: British & Irish literature; Bunyan, John (1628-1688); Bunyan, John (1628-88); Donne, John (1572-1631); English literature

Suggesting that it is crucial to look beyond historical narratives shaped by national political identities, Lynch argues that the book trade and the relative mobility of ministers were significant factors of exchange and influence enabling the genre of 'autobiography' to act 'as an ag...