The Reproductive Word: Gender and Textuality in the Writings of John Bunyan

• Published in: Bunyan studies no. 11; p. 23
• Main Author: Brown, Sylvia
• 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

[...]the impossibility of the hermaphroditic preacher, especially for the patriarchal Christianity in which both the Apostle Paul and John Bunyan operate, signals this lack of ownership.6 In other words, the use of these and other estranging metaphors, like the common one of Puritan ministers as bre...