Illustrated History of English Literature, Volume 2Longmans, Green, 1954 For contents, see Author Catalog. |
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Page 61
... Pilgrim's Progress , a short prose work with occasional snatches of verse , was to lead men and women into God's way , the way of salva- tion , through a simple parable with homely characters and exciting events . As Puritans , though ...
... Pilgrim's Progress , a short prose work with occasional snatches of verse , was to lead men and women into God's way , the way of salva- tion , through a simple parable with homely characters and exciting events . As Puritans , though ...
Page 63
... Pilgrim's Progress at least as much a tale of wonder - a Christian fairy- tale as a parable . For generations of readers it lived as a hallowed fairy - tale , and did not relax its hold upon the national imagination until in the ...
... Pilgrim's Progress at least as much a tale of wonder - a Christian fairy- tale as a parable . For generations of readers it lived as a hallowed fairy - tale , and did not relax its hold upon the national imagination until in the ...
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... Pilgrim's Progress . Frontispiece to part I , 1679 . Engraved by Robert White . 5 × 23 in . From a copy in the British Museum . This is from the third edition of The Pilgrim's Progress and shows Bunyan sleeping ; behind , Christian ...
... Pilgrim's Progress . Frontispiece to part I , 1679 . Engraved by Robert White . 5 × 23 in . From a copy in the British Museum . This is from the third edition of The Pilgrim's Progress and shows Bunyan sleeping ; behind , Christian ...
Contents
EARLY STUART DRAMA I | 1 |
EARLY STUART VERSE AND PROSE | 19 |
MILTON AND BUNYAN | 47 |
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