THE PILGRIM S PROGRESS

图书标准信息

• 作者 John Bunyan 著
• 出版社 Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• 出版时间 1996-11
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9781853264689
• 定价 48.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 272页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

JohnBunyanwasvariouslyatinker,soldier,Baptistminister,prisonerandwriterofoutstandingnarrativegeniuswhichreacheditsapotheosisinthis,hisgreatestwork.ItisanallegoryoftheChristianlifeoftruebrillianceandispresentedasadreamwhichdescribesthepilgrimageofthehero-Christian-fromtheCityofDestructionviatheSloughofDespond,theHillofDifficulty,theValleyoftheShadowofDeathandVanityFairovertheRiveroftheWaterofLifeandintotheCelestialCity.ThePilgrim'sProgresshasbeentranslatedinto108languages,wasafavouriteofDrJohnsonandwaspraisedbyColeridgeasoneofthefewbookswhichmightbereadrepeatedlyandeachtimewithanewanddifferentpleasure.

【作者简介】

JOHNBUNYAN(1628-88)wasborninElstow,avillagenearBedford.Hewenttoschoolinthevillageandbecameatravellingbrazierortinker,likehisfather.In1644hejoinedtheParliamentaryarmy,andservedinthegarrisonofNewportPagnell,aBedfordshiretown,until1646.Hemarriedin1649andhadfourchildren,thoughthenameofhisfirstwifeisunknown.Aspartofherdowryshebroughttwopopularbooksofdevotion;andthese,alongwithaseriesofexperiences,triggeredacomplexconversionexperience,notfullyresolveduntil1653,whenBunyanjoinedaseparatistcongregationinBedford.SoonBunyanbeganpreachingandengaginincontroversywithotherreiligousgroups.Hewrotehisfirstbook,SomeGospelTruthsOpenedin1656.SoonaftertheRestorationhewasarrestedforunlicensedpreachinginthevillageofLowerSamselland,becauseherefusedtostopperaching,remaininprisoninBedfordfortwelveyears.Hisaccountofhistrialwaspublishedposthumouslyin1765.Hewasimprisonedagainforaboutsixmonthsin1676.Hecontinuedtowrite,andtopreachinBedfordshireandLondon.In1678hepublishedthefirstpartofThePilgrim'sProgress.Itbecameamimmediatebestseller,runningthroughtwelveditionsandbeingtranslatedintoDutch,FrenchandWelshduringBunyan'slifetime;sincethenithasbeentraslatedintomorethantwohundredlanguages.Itscounterpart,TheLifeandDeathofMrBadman(1682)isepicincope.ThesecondpartofThePilgrim'sProgresscameoutin1684,partlyinresponsetoanumberofimitationsandspurioussequels.ABookforBoysandGirls,oneoftheearliestexamplesofliteratureforchildren,waspublishedin1686.Bunyandiedin1688forafevercontractedwhileridingfromReadingtoLondontotrytoeffectareconciliationbetweenafatherandson.Heleftanumberofworksinmanuscript,manyofthempublishedbyChalresDoeinhisfolioof1692,whichalsocontainedthefirst(brief)biographyofBunyan.ROGERPOOLEYteachesatKeeleUniversity.HisCambridgePh.D.thesisonBunyanwaspartlysupervisedbythelateRogerSharrock,theeditorofthepreviousPenguinClassicsPilgrim'sProgress.HeistheauthorofEnglishProseoftheSeventeenthCentury(1993)andanumberofshorterpiecesonBunyanandotherseventeenth-centuryfigures.Hehasco-editedTheLordoftheJourney;AReaderinChristinaSpiritualityandTheDiscerningReader:LiteratureandTheoryinChristianPerspecitve.HeisanactivememberoftheInternationalJohnBunyanSociety.--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition.

【目录】

Introduction

PART ONE

  The Author's Apology for his Book

  The Pilgrim's Progress in the Similitude of a Dream

  The Conclusion

PART TWO

  The Author's Way of Sending Forth his Second Part of the Pilgrim

  The Pilgrim's progress in the Similitude of a Dream