Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
"As seventeenth-century nonconformist writer and preacher, John Bunyan discovered that the power of awakening words - words that both define and unite his ministerial and literary vocations - effected not only the conversion of individuals but also the gathering and consolidating of communities.
Placed under the stress of the sectarian division that characterized the religious radicalism of the seventeenth century, and most markedly the suppression and persecution of nonconformity under the Restoration regime after 1660, Bunyan's language of community modulates through successive literary and political contexts as he seeks to mediate between his audience and the troubling polarities of the fictional words he creates and the actual world he confronts.
Writing from the model and authority of scripture, Bunyan offers his readers fictional narratives and theological treatises that variously challenge, resist, invert, and imaginatively transform, the conditions under which they are written."--BOOK JACKET.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English
Subjects
Politics and government, History and criticism, Literature and society, Radicalism, Dissenters, Religious, in literature, Christianity and politics, Political and social views, Communities in literature, English Christian literature, Puritan authors, Religious Dissenters, Social conditions, Political activity, History, Puritan movements in literature, Community in literature, Bunyan, john, 1628-1688, Dissenters, religious, Christian literature, history and criticism, Great britain, politics and government, 1603-1714, Great britain, social conditionsPeople
John Bunyan (1628-1688)Places
Great Britain, EnglandTimes
1660-1688, 17th centuryEdition | Availability |
---|---|
1
Awakening Words: John Bunyan and the Language of Community
May 2000, University of Delaware Press
Hardcover
in English
0874137020 9780874137026
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
2
Awakening words: John Bunyan and the language of community
2000, University of Delaware Press, Associated University Presses
in English
0874137020 9780874137026
|
cccc
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?History
- Created April 29, 2008
- 6 revisions
Wikipedia citation
×CloseCopy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. Need help?
July 30, 2019 | Edited by MARC Bot | associate edition with work OL18168284W |
August 10, 2010 | Edited by IdentifierBot | added LibraryThing ID |
April 24, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Fixed duplicate goodreads IDs. |
April 16, 2010 | Edited by bgimpertBot | Added goodreads ID. |
April 29, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | Imported from amazon.com record |