William Hale White and Literary Interpretation

• Published in: Bunyan studies no. 17; p. 57
• Main Author: Harland, Catherine R
• 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: Arnold, Matthew (1822-1888); British & Irish literature; Bunyan, John (1628-1688); English literature

Mark Rutherford, protagonist of The Autobiography, accepts the inevitability and the validity of recent historical criticism of the Bible, but when he hears in a 'free-thinking hall' an ironic, destructive and seemingly self-serving critical attack on the Scriptures, he concludes that such...