Lectures On The Pilgrim's Progress And On The Life And Times Of John Bunyan (1846) - Softcover

Cheever, George B

Softcover

ISBN 10: 116399152X ISBN 13: 9781163991527

Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, 2010

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Lectures on The Pilgrim's Progress and on The Life and Times of John Bunyan, written by George B. Cheever and published in 1846, is a comprehensive study of one of the most enduring works of English literature, The Pilgrim's Progress. The book is divided into two parts: the first part is a series of lectures on the allegorical novel, while the second part is a biographical account of the life and times of its author, John Bunyan.The lectures on The Pilgrim's Progress analyze the novel's themes, characters, and symbolism, providing a detailed examination of the text. Cheever explores the Christian allegory of the novel, examining the journey of the protagonist, Christian, as he travels from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City. Cheever also delves into the novel's use of biblical imagery and language, examining the parallels between the novel and the Bible.The second part of the book provides a biographical account of John Bunyan's life and times. Cheever explores Bunyan's early life, his conversion to Christianity, and his subsequent imprisonment for preaching without a license. Cheever also examines the political and religious context of Bunyan's life, providing a detailed account of the religious and political upheavals of the seventeenth century.Overall, Lectures on The Pilgrim's Progress and on The Life and Times of John Bunyan is a comprehensive study of one of the most important works of English literature and its author. Cheever's analysis of the novel's themes and symbolism, combined with his biographical account of Bunyan's life, provides readers with a deeper understanding of the novel and its historical context.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 116399152X
• ISBN 13: 9781163991527
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 554
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