The Revolution in Tanner's Lane: The Honesty of Dissent in Politics, Religion and the Family

• Published in: Bunyan studies no. 17; p. 32
• Main Author: Pooley, Roger
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumbria University, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences 01.01.2013
• Subjects: British & Irish literature; Bunyan, John (1628-1688); English literature; Politics; Religion

Think of Mr. Brocklehurst in Jane Eyre, whose insistence on mortifying the flesh, not to mention the natural curls, of the girls in Lowood School is not extended to the women of his own family, 'splendidly attired in velvet, silk and furs'.1 Or many of the clergy of Trollope's Barsets...