The Hobgoblins: A Novel on John Bunyan / Mary Bunyan: A Tale of Religious Persecution and Heroic Faith

• Published in: Bunyan studies no. 27; pp. 125 - 132
• Main Author: McDonald, Larry Steven
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumbria University, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences 01.01.2023
• Subjects: Academic writing; Biographies; Blindness; Bunyan, John (1628-1688); Christianity; Christians; Creative writing; Dickens, Charles (1812-1870); English literature; Families & family life; History; Imagination; Jewish people; Lewis, C S (1898-1963); Novels; Pilgrims; Religious literature; Religious persecution; Spirituality; Writing

Closely tied to this genre are biographical novels, which focus on a fictional account of a real person's life, such as Irving Stone's Lust for Life about Vincent van Gogh.1 In recent years there has been a renewal of the writing of biographical novels for and about Christians. [...]althou...