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A work on John Bunyan which explores the history and theory of representation inherent in his texts. Beginning with mainstream Puritan responses to a challenge to orthodoxy, the text concludes with an analysis of The Pilgrim's Progress. An analysis of key moments is included.

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Preface 1: "Not I, but Christ": The Puritan Self--Escape from Allegory? 2: Allegory versus Typology: The Figural View of History 3: "Which Things Are an Allegory": Being a Son of God 4: Reading the Self: Biblical and Pauline Stories of Identity 5: "Other Mens Words" and "New Birth": Bunyan's Anti-Hermeneutics of Experience 6: Faring Otherwise: Allegory and Experience in The Pilgrim's Progress Notes Index

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      Publisher University of Chicago Press
      Published 4/15/1995 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780226497853
      978-0226497853
      ISBN-10 0226497852
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      Essays Literary studies: fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A work on John Bunyan which explores the history and theory of representation inherent in his texts. Beginning with mainstream Puritan responses to a challenge to orthodoxy, the text concludes with an analysis of The Pilgrim's Progress. An analysis of key moments is included.

      Table of Contents
      Preface 1: "Not I, but Christ": The Puritan Self--Escape from Allegory? 2: Allegory versus Typology: The Figural View of History 3: "Which Things Are an Allegory": Being a Son of God 4: Reading the Self: Biblical and Pauline Stories of Identity 5: "Other Mens Words" and "New Birth": Bunyan's Anti-Hermeneutics of Experience 6: Faring Otherwise: Allegory and Experience in The Pilgrim's Progress Notes Index

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