A Note on Reader Reception of The Pilgrim's Progress, Part II (1684)

A little breeze was stirring, and the flake seemed to go and return, to descend and then ascend again, as if hastening homeward to the sky, losing itself at last in the airy, infinite throng, and leaving me filled with thoughts of that 'great multitude, which no man could number, clothed with w...

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Published inBunyan studies no. 23; pp. 86 - 88
Main Author Owens, W R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumbria University, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences 01.01.2019
Subjects
Allusion
Bible
British & Irish literature
Bunyan, John (1628-1688)
English literature
Heart
Heroism & heroes
Hymns
Literary characters
Literary criticism
Readers
Reading
Reception (Artistic works)
Religious music
United Kingdom > UK
United States > US
Massachusetts
England
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Summary:A little breeze was stirring, and the flake seemed to go and return, to descend and then ascend again, as if hastening homeward to the sky, losing itself at last in the airy, infinite throng, and leaving me filled with thoughts of that 'great multitude, which no man could number, clothed with white robes', crowding so gloriously into the closing pages of the Bible. Workman was a prominent Methodist, who served as principal of Westminster Training College from 1903 until 1930, and published many distinguished works of church history. There was a sort of feeling of a conducted tour about it as well as of family life, and I remember how my brother and myself only wished that in some way or other we could be like Greatheart, helping others to bliss.
ISSN:0954-0970