Glimpses of glory
Subtitle: John Bunyan and English dissent
By: Richard L. Greaves.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 693
Subjects: Bunyan, John, 1628-1688; Bunyan, John, 1628-1688 -- Religion; Christianity and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century; Dissenters, Religious -- England -- History -- 17th century; Authors, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography; Christian literature, English -- History and criticism; Dissenters, Religious -- England -- Biography; Dissenters, Religious, in literature; Christian biography -- England
Genres: Biography.
Description: "This is a reinterpretation of John Bunyan, a prolific author best known for his two allegories, The Pilgrim's Progress and The Holy War, and his spiritual autobiography, Grace Abounding. In this book, Richard L. Greaves draws on recent literature on depression to demonstrate that Bunyan suffered from this mood disorder as a young man and then used this experience to help mold his literary works. Light and darkness, joy and sadness, despair and hope became key literary motifs.".

"In this biography, each of Bunyan's works, including the dozen published posthumously, is analyzed in its immediate historical context. The Pilgrim's Progress, although not published until 1678, takes its rightful place as a contribution to the momentous debate over conscience between 1667 and 1673."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [643]-660) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. The EarlyYears 3; title: "My Heighth of Vanity": Bunyan's Youth, 4 "Kill, Kill, Was in Mine Ears":; title: Bunyan in the Military, n "The Religion of the Times": Early Religious; title: Influences, 21; title: 2. Spiritual and Psychological Crisis 30; title: "An Exceeding Maze": The Struggle with Despair, 31 "To Joyne in Fellowship":; title: John Gifford and the Bedford Church, 61 "Thred-bare at an Ale-House": The; title: Ranter Challenge, 67; title: 3. The Young Preacher 75; title: "A New Upstart Sect": Bunyan and the Quakers, 75 "These Dangerous Rocks":; title: Sectarian Ferment, 88 "Scalding Lead": Professional Clergy and the Rich, 96; title: "Two Covenants in Their Right Places": Pulpit Theology, 103 "Inchantments,; title: and Witchcrafts": Quakers and Witches, 115 "Throw Away All Thy Own; title: Wisdome": Pulpit Controversy, 121; title: 4. Confronting Persecution 127; title: "Sweetly in the Prison": Arrest, Trial, and Appeal, 130 "Holding Fast the; title: Good": The Early Prison Years, 146 "Gospelly Good": Christian Behaviour,; title: a Last Testament, 161; title: 5. Millenarian Expectations 173; title: "Out of Babylon": The Return of the Holy City, 176 "Now Is the End; title: Come": The Last Judgment, 189 "Read My Lines": Poetry and the End; title: Times, 199 "A Drop of Honey": Autobiographical Reflections, 207; title: 6. Charting the Pilgrimage 210; title: "The Way He Runs": The Christian Life as Metaphor, 211 "Against Our; title: Religion": The Setting of The Pilgrim's Progress, 216 "Whither Must I Fly?":; title: The Pilgrimage, 227 "As I Pull'd, It Came": Inspiration and Experience, 229; title: "By Dint of Sword": Persecution and Allegorical Warfaring, 243 "Turn up My; title: Metaphors": Interpreting the Allegory, 252; title: 7. The Anvil of Debate 266; title: "A Strict Separation": Church Membership and Communion, 271 "Like an; title: Eel on the Angle": Edward Fowler and the Debate about Justification, 278; title: "Escape the Prison": Freedom, 286 "Union and Communion Among the; title: Godly": The Baptismal Controversy, 291 "Cumber-ground Professors":; title: Prophetic Admonitions, 301 "Shie of Women": The Agnes Beaumont; title: Episode, 309; title: 8. Evangelical Concerns 313; title: "Anathematised of God": Enemies of the Faith, 317 "Wholsome Medicine":; title: Teaching the Basics, 323 "Holy-day Saints": Damned Professors, 328; title: "Venture Heartily": Preaching Grace, 334 "What Chaines So Heavy?":; title: Evangelical Outreach, 341; title: 9. Popery's Long Shadows 355; title: "This Day of Jacobs Trouble": The Popish Plot and the Godly, 356 "Good Coin; title: in the Best of Tryals": A Sense of Impending Danger, 366 "0 Debauchery,; title: Debauchery": Restoration Society and the Reprobate, 374 "The Drum in the; title: Day of Alarum": England in Crisis, 390; title: 10. Holy Warfare 401; title: "The Alarm of War": The Campaign to Repress Dissent, 403 "New Modelling; title: the Town": Efforts to Control the Boroughs, 411 "Blood, Blood, Nothing but; title: Blood": The Plot of The Holy War, 414 "If Thou Wouldest Know My Riddle":; title: Interpreting the Allegory-Soteriology and Personal Experience, 419 "Things of; title: Greatest Moment Be": Millenarian and Historical Concerns, 426 "Turn the; title: World Upside Down": Challenging Unregenerate England, 433; title: 11. The Struggle with Evil 439; title: "Tyranny of the Antichristian Generation": Antichrist and the Tory-; title: Anglicans, 443 "Vipers Will Come": Maintaining Priorities amid Political; title: Turmoil, 452 "The Rage of the Enemy": Battling Persecution, 455 "A Place; title: to Fight and Wrestle in": Repudiating Iniquity, 470; title: 12. Nonconformity and the Tory Backlash 479; title: "To Set You Right": Defining Women's Place, 480 "Kiss the Rod": Survival; title: and the Ethic of Suffering, 485 "To Friends, Not Foes": A Return to The; title: Pilgrim's Progress, 498 "His Own Executioner": The Suicide of John Child, 515; title: "The Christians Market-day': Repulsing the Seventh-day Sabbatarians, 519; title: 13. Facing a Catholic Monarch 526; title: "These Pretended Righteous Men": Denouncing Hypocritical, Persecuting; title: Conformists, 530 "God's Iron Whip": Seeking Hope Amid Persecution, 535; title: "Catching Girls and Boys": Homely Rhymes and Poetic Diversions, 538; title: "Take Shelter": Christ as Refuge, 548 "Sack-cloth, Tears and Affliction":; title: The Church in the Wilderness, 554; title: 14. Toleration Renewed: Bunyan's Final Months 564; title: "Liberty to Eat Freely": Dissent and the Lure of Toleration, 565; title: "Watchman, Watchman, Watch": Reinforcing the Faithful, 573 "A Voicefrom; title: the Throne": Grace as a River, Christ as an Advocate, 580 "Where Promises; title: Swarm": The Quest for Jerusalem Sinners, 588 "Ah! Pride, Pride!": A; title: Transcript of the Heart, 594; title: Epilogue 601; title: "Ah Goodman Bunyan!": A Retrospect, 601 "To Every Place": Bunyan and His; title: Pilgrims Through the Ages, 610 "As Fancy Leads the Writers": Bunyan's Literary; title: Reputation, 619.