Pilgrim’s Progress, The - Literature Guide


	Subscription Article

This article is exclusively available for ninemsn Encarta Premium Subscribers. Already a subscriber? Sign in above.

Pilgrim’s Progress, The

I.	About the Author



II.	Overview



III.	Setting



IV.	Themes and Characters



V.	Literary Technique



VI.	Topics for Discussion



VII.	Questions



VIII.	Related Titles

Literature Guide - Pilgrims Progress, The

Bunyan, John Published 1678 and 1684

I About the Author

John Bunyan was born in Elstow near Bedford, in November 1628. His father was a tinker, and Bunyan followed in his father's trade. Not much is known about his early life, but in his spiritual autobiography, Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, he says that as a teenager he was attracted to the pleasures of dancing, ringing the bells at the local parish church, and playing tipcat, a popular game. He would later renounce all these amusements as sinful activities. ...


	Want more Encarta?
	Become a subscriber today and gain access to:
	35,000 articles Literature Guides Study Tools	Dictionaries & Thesaurus Interactive Atlas

Pilgrim’s Progress, The appears in the following articles from