JOHN BUNYAN(1628-1688)
As William J long wrote that John Bunyan is one poet enough to express the Puritan spirit, one commanding prose writer. Bunyan was a poor, uneducated tinker.He was born in the little village of Elstow, near Brdford, in 1628, the son of a poor tinker. When he was sixteen years old his father married the second time, whereupon Bunyan ran away and became a soldier in the Parliamentary army.
The religious ferment of the age made a tremendous impression on Bunyan's sensitive imagination.Here is full biography of Banyan.
Bunyan read the books. 'The Plaint Man's Pathway to Heaven' and 'The Practice of Piety.' which instantly fave fire to his imagination. He saw nwe vision and dreamed terrible new dreams of lost souls; his attendance at church grew exemplary; he began slowly and painfully to read the Bible for himself.
- The Pilgrims Progress - This world to That which is to come:
The Pilgrims Progress- Christian allegory which was probably written in prison, but which for some reason he did not publish till long after his release. This book made him most popular writer.There is two parts of this Novel. First part was published in 1677 and second was published in 1684.
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| Bunyan wrote the novel at Bedfordshire country prison. |
Story of Pilgrim Progress
As William J Long wrote that , "It is perhaps sufficient answer to quote the simple fact that 'Pilgrim's Progress is nit exclusively a Protestant study, it appeals to Christians of every name and to Mohammedas and Buddhist in precisely the same way that it appeals to Christian."
- Other works
- The Holy War, published 1665 is the first work of Bunyan.
- Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners published in 1666, twelve years before Piligrim's Progress.
- The life and death of Mr. Badman, a realistic character study which is a precursor of the modern novel.
Sources :
William J Long History
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