Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)

Bunyan, John. The Pilgrim’s Progress: From This World to That Which is to Come. Edited by Craig John Lovik. Illustrated by Mike Wimmer. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2009. Book review

Study Guide on John Bunyan's Pilgrim Progresss

Reading is considered as one of the best raptures people get to experience in their lifetime. The art of reading is not only a task to be done during leisure. It is perceived almost as a necessity verisimilar to the process of breathing that is done in order to live. As readers, it is important not only to read the lines but also to read beyond it with slow deliberate carefulness. This is where the importance of analysis takes place. With this being said, this output focuses on the piece of literature, entitled The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan as the subject of analysis. This includes the background of the novel, the author, summary, and relevance of the novel to modern times. Moreover, this analysis aims to probe, critique, and interpret the work using different approaches in literature such as Formalism, Marxism, and Psychoanalytic literary theory

2012

2.1 The allegorical mode – attempts at a definition 11

ELH, 2010

2018

John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress (1678) is a classic example of allegory. While literary critics tend to minimize allegory's value as a mode, The Pilgrim's Progress demonstrates a proclivity for genre-transcending techniques that encourage looking at allegory in a new light. Namely, parallels between The Pilgrim's Progress and Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners (1660) show Bunyan drawing on deep personal emotion to fuel characterization.

Fòrum de Recerca, 2000

Missiology: An International Review, 2021

This article notes that the way in which John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress has been used in Christian missionary endeavors since its original publication in 1678 lingers in contemporary reception. Two evangelistic adaptation artifacts are examined. These are evangelist J. John’s UK book adaptation and Revelation Media’s CGI movie. Interpretation is offered of how these fit within contemporary missiological emphases on the holistic gospel of the Kingdom of God, rather than a modern individualist orientation. Focusing on each artifact’s treatment of the book’s “Vanity Fair” episode I observe that greater awareness is needed. I argue that post-secular literary developments in the post-Christian West could open the doors of cultural imagination to receive The Pilgrim’s Progress and its message again.