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Bunyan

John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's Progress, cited in religious allegory.

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First appearance: heretics

Bunyan's tie to The English Comtist is one of the pressures that moves Heretics—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

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With The English Comtist (rivalry): Bunyan's Christian allegory is contrasted with the Comtist's secular positivism to show the superiority…

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TEThe English Co…CLCliveJCJulius CaesarOCOliver CromwellDJDr. JohnsonBUBunyan

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