John Bunyan and the Language of Conviction

[...]to Bunyan's other narratives, the very purpose of Mr. Badman-to achieve a convincing characterization of the reprobate-presents the author with a superhuman challenge and, by the same token, a huge ethical risk; since the case of the hopefully elect is strengthened by proof of the reprobat...

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Published inSeventeenth-century news Vol. 64; no. 1/2; p. 34
Main Author Garrett, Christopher E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published College Station Seventeenth-Century News 01.04.2006
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British & Irish literature
Bunyan, John (1628-1688)
Bunyan, John (1628-88)
English literature
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Summary:[...]to Bunyan's other narratives, the very purpose of Mr. Badman-to achieve a convincing characterization of the reprobate-presents the author with a superhuman challenge and, by the same token, a huge ethical risk; since the case of the hopefully elect is strengthened by proof of the reprobate's identity-his damnation-the narrative tests the godly author's reasoning and integrity to the full. According to the Works Cited section, 32 of Bunyan's 60 published tides are listed. [...]the topic in Chapter 5 and statements like "spiritual violence, at some unspecified level, is not just admirable but deskable" (148) remind this reader of Sharon Achinstein's chapter on violence in Literature and Dissent in Milton's England (Cambridge, 2003), a book that most likely was either inaccessible or appeared during the final stages of Lynch's research.
ISSN:0037-3028