On the Art of Reading · Character
Bunyan
John Bunyan, author of The Pilgrim's Progress, discussed as a literary figure.
minor
First appearance: lecture iii children s reading i
Bunyan shows up with force in Lecture IX: On Reading the Bible (II). The page is where that presence becomes real.
Cited as an example of a simple man whose lips were touched by the Bible's rhythms.
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See Bunyan in lecture iii children s reading i