The Pilgrim's Progress (The Norton Library)

The Norton Library edition ofThe Pilgrim's Progress features John Bunyan's iconic original text. Margaret Sönser Breen and Andy Draycott provide an analytical introduction and insightful notes that support readers' engagement with the biblical intertextuality of the work and its global relevance over the course of more than three centuries.
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About the author

Margaret Sönser Breen is Professor of English at the University of Connecticut. Her scholarship and teaching reflect her interests in Bunyan, the novel, feminist and queer theory, LGBTQ+ literature, and translation studies.Andy Draycott is Professor of Theology at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. His research focuses on reception history of The Pilgrim's Progress and the range of theological and ethical questions raised in response to the book.

Product details

• Authors: John Bunyan
• Assisted by: Margaret Breen (Editor), Draycott Andy (Editor)
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.11.2025
• EAN: 9780393870824
• ISBN: 978-0-393-87082-4
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 268 g
• Series: The Norton Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), FICTION / Christian / Classic & Allegory, Religious and spiritual fiction, Religious & Spiritual Fiction, Relating to Christian people and groups, Classic fiction: general and literary, FICTION / World Literature / England / 16th & 17th Century