tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793841573292945810.post4055440954977236753..comments2023-08-15T07:12:07.964-07:00Comments on Paulus Torchus: The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan- Part 1Paul Mathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951893912611871578noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793841573292945810.post-41072069172510541942018-09-03T10:46:29.142-07:002018-09-03T10:46:29.142-07:00Love illustrations.Love illustrations.RobertNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01222013937957529867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793841573292945810.post-43707903158031557102012-09-30T10:05:49.293-07:002012-09-30T10:05:49.293-07:00Ditto reading route different reasons over the dec...Ditto reading route different reasons over the decades, first Bunyan in my 20's, then C.S.Lewis in 30's and Spencer in 40's. I never finished 'The Fairie Queen' either, so Bunyan's shorter canvas and more acessible imagery wins, though Lewis's 'Narnia' series may also give a nod and trump Bunyan. Kevin Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15482886706239506749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793841573292945810.post-65682236222615564332012-09-29T12:53:47.516-07:002012-09-29T12:53:47.516-07:00I've read it, I think. I can't quite remem...I've read it, I think. I can't quite remember. I know it, or parts of it, or an adaptation of it, was read to us in elementary school. I always liked allegory, liking that something could have both a surface meaning and another reading only apparent to the reader, rather than the characters.<br /><br />In my early 20s I went through a C.S. Lewis phase—two, acctually: first he rescued me from fundamentalist evangelicalism, then he rescued me from a period of doubt and agnosticism—and I read his Pilgrim's Regress. From Lewis I went on to Spenser because I tend to read the works which inspired the writers who's works have inspired me. I never finished The Fairie Queene, but I did enjoy what I read, albeit on a very superficial level.Tuirginhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081067215683168015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793841573292945810.post-31312614571882651412012-09-23T14:58:29.916-07:002012-09-23T14:58:29.916-07:00If you enjoyed Bunyan Paul, you will probably also...If you enjoyed Bunyan Paul, you will probably also like the allegorical Christian virtue characters depicted in the vision of the Piers the Plowman. A good exercise to consider what one's allegorical character might be. Mr. and Mrs. Vanity seem to be strong 20th c. characters. <br /><br />John Bunyan a much more accessible and popular representative of 17th c. English lit. than Browne sadly, though Browne must surely have known of this imaginative Christian book. Kevin Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15482886706239506749noreply@blogger.com