31 - 'The Pilgrim's Progress' by John Bunyan (1678)

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Alex and Matt return this week to discuss John Bunyan's 1678 work of allegorical fiction, 'The Pilgrim's Progress.' The significance of Pilgrim's Progress in anglo mythology. Bunyan's proletarian background. Why does Pilgrim's Progress remind us to hate our family, John Bunyan vs. against and civility. Bunyan choosing prison over selling out for the sake of being with his family. Coolio and walking in the Shadow of the Valley of Death. More anti-Catholicism. Wanton women Vanity Fair and Bunyan's ability to write in prison. Bunyan's traumatic relationship with documentation.

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References:

Excellent narration of the full text from Aneko Press:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMtmnv84GxY&t=20433s

Pilgrim's Progress, by John Bunyan. ''IntelliQuest World's 100 Greatest Books'' 1995

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZIgLVa9WkA

Seidel, Kevin. "Pilgrim's Progress and the Book." ELH 77, no. 2 (2010): 509-534.

Greaves, Richard L. ""Let Truth Be Free": John Bunyan and the Restoration Crisis of 1667-1673." Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies 28, no. 4 (1996): 587-605.