Voices and Echoes: Poetical Precedents from Herbert to Bunyan

• Published in: Bunyan studies no. 22; pp. 14 - 38
• Main Author: Wilcox, Helen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumbria University, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences 01.01.2018
• Subjects: 17th century; Aesthetics; Allusion; Ambiguity; Apologies; Authorship; Bible; British & Irish literature; Bunyan, John (1628-1688); Christianity; English literature; Epic literature; Herbert, George (1593-1633); Language; Literary canon; Literary devices; Literary influences; Literary translation; Logic; Metaphor; Morality; Narrative techniques; Poetry; Readers; Religion; Reported speech; Rhetoric; Sonnets; Spirituality; Welsh literature; Writers

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