Graceful Reading: Theology and Narrative in the Works of John Bunyan

Graceful Reading: Theology and Narrative in the Works of John Bunyan

by Michael Davies
ISBN-10:
0199242402
ISBN-13:
9780199242405
Pub. Date:
08/29/2002
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0199242402
ISBN-13:
9780199242405
Pub. Date:
08/29/2002
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Graceful Reading: Theology and Narrative in the Works of John Bunyan

Graceful Reading: Theology and Narrative in the Works of John Bunyan

by Michael Davies
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Overview

Graceful Reading is a study of the writings of the 17th-century preacher John Bunyan, author of The Pilgrim's Progress. The book reassesses the relationship between Bunyan's theology and his narrative style, redefining them both according to a more specific understanding of 17th-century "Calvinism", and a more "postmodernist" understanding of narrative.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780199242405
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 08/29/2002
Pages: 412
Product dimensions: 8.60(w) x 5.70(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Michael Davies is Lecturer in English at the University of Leicester

Table of Contents

Introduction1. A comfortable doctrine: John Bunyan's theology of grace2. Bunyan's exceeding maze: doctoring and doctrine in Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners3. Of things seen and unseen: graceful reading and narrative practice in Grace Abounding4. Into an allegory: method, metaphor, and the apology of The Pilgrim's Progress5. 'Sweet fiction and sweet truth': theology and narrative in The Pilgrim's Progress6. First among sequels: John Bunyan's other allegoriesPostscript: the legacy of The Pilgrim's Progress
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