Comparison of John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress and Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan
Tema N3 : John Bunyan – (Religious background): John Bunyan (28 November 1628 – 31 August 1688) was an English Christian writer and preacher, who is well known for his book The Pilgrim's Progress. John Bunyan was born in 1628 to Thomas and Margaret Bunyan, in Bunyan's End in the parish of Elstow, Bedfordshire, England. John is recorded in the Elstow parish register as having been baptised, with his surname spelled 'Bunyan', on 30 November 1628. Though he became a non-conformist and member of an Independent church, and although he has been described both as a Baptist and as a Congregationalist, he himself preferred to be described simply as a Christian. He is remembered in the Church of England with a Lesser Festival on August 30, and on the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church (US) on August 29. Some other Churches of the Anglican Communion, such as the Anglican Church of Australia, honour him on the day of his death (August 31) together with St. Aidan of Lindisfarne.
The Pilgrim’s Progress:
The Pilgrim's Progress from is a Christian allegory written in two parts by John Bunyan , the first part was published in London in 1678 and the second in 1684. It is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious English literature. He conceived the work during his first period of imprisonment, and probably finished it during the second. The earliest edition in which the two parts combined in one volume came in 1728. A third part - falsely attributed to Bunyan - appeared in 1693, and was reprinted as late as 1852. Its full title is The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come.
Bunyan’s use of allegory: ( to choose from 1 or 2 texts) :Ss (1) A tradition going back to Coleridge asserts that The Pilgrim’s Progress is not a true allegory but rather a proto-novel expressive of early modern individualism. The work is radically individualistic, but it is also truly an allegory. Recent research has emphasized how
The Pilgrim’s Progress:
The Pilgrim's Progress from is a Christian allegory written in two parts by John Bunyan , the first part was published in London in 1678 and the second in 1684. It is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious English literature. He conceived the work during his first period of imprisonment, and probably finished it during the second. The earliest edition in which the two parts combined in one volume came in 1728. A third part - falsely attributed to Bunyan - appeared in 1693, and was reprinted as late as 1852. Its full title is The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come.
Bunyan’s use of allegory: ( to choose from 1 or 2 texts) :Ss (1) A tradition going back to Coleridge asserts that The Pilgrim’s Progress is not a true allegory but rather a proto-novel expressive of early modern individualism. The work is radically individualistic, but it is also truly an allegory. Recent research has emphasized how