The Pilgrim's Progress

[...]if we agree that Bunyan was responding to popular demand for illustrations, and writing verses for them in 1680, is it right to follow Sharrock (as Owens does) in assuming that the changes introduced to the text after 1679 'are almost certainly introduced by the printers'? Owens recog...

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Published inBunyan studies no. 12; p. 130
Main Author Pooley, Roger
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumbria University, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences 01.01.2006
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British & Irish literature
Bunyan, John (1628-1688)
Bunyan, John (1628-88)
English literature
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Summary:[...]if we agree that Bunyan was responding to popular demand for illustrations, and writing verses for them in 1680, is it right to follow Sharrock (as Owens does) in assuming that the changes introduced to the text after 1679 'are almost certainly introduced by the printers'? Owens recognises that today's readers, even those picking the book up in a Christian bookshop, will not always recognise the extent of Bunyan's deep indebtedness to the Bible's images, teaching, and even phrasing, and he delivers on his promise to make that clear in the notes as well. Often Bunyan's marginal references only begin to show how deeply his reading of the Bible is embedded in the imaginative world of the allegory.
ISSN:0954-0970