Identity, Agency and Community: Intimations and Implications of Emerging Literacy for Women in The Pilgrim's Progress, The Second Part

• Published in: Bunyan studies no. 11; p. 74
• Main Author: Hancock, Maxine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumbria University, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences 01.01.2003
• Subjects: British & Irish literature; Bunyan, John (1628-1688); Bunyan, John (1628-88); English literature; Literacy

In a footnote to her essay, 'The Pulpit Guarded' Ann Hughes comments: 'More work needs to be done on how unlearned people developed the skills and audacity to challenge learned clerics'.1 I would argue that 'the skills and audacity' by which 'unlearned people'...