Bunyan with Mandeville: Allegory, Originality and the Superseding of Collective Experience in The Pilgrim's Progress

• Published in: Bunyan studies no. 14; p. 9
• Main Author: Davis, Nick
• 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); English literature

Viewed in a similar light, and as Mr. Sagacity explains to the Dreamer in Part Two, long-persistent human attempts to improve the Slough of Despond, apparently well-intentioned, have mainly done the reverse.18 In Part One, the fair has flourished (having been established by devils) in the Town of Va...