内容简介
'Thisfireistheworkofgracethatiswroughtintheheart'InJohnBunyan'sclassicallegory,ChristianabandonshisfamilyandtheCityofDestructionandsetsoffforsalvation.Hispathisstraightbutnoteasy,andheisbesetbytrials,includingtheterribleviolenceofthedestructiveApollyonandtheGiantDespair,ashepursueshispilgrimagethroughtheSloughofDespond,theDelectableMountainsandVanity-FairtowardstheCelestialCity.Inthesecondpartofthenarrativehiswife,Christiana,isescortedbyGreat-heartthroughthesamedifficultterrain.Writtenwiththeurgencyofpersecutedfaithandafieryimagination,ThePilgrim'sProgressisaspiritualaswellasaliteraryclassic.Inhisintroduction,RogerPooleydiscussesBunyan'slifeandtheology,aswellasthetext'sbiblicalandhistorialbackdrop,itssuccessandcritialhistory.Thiseditionalsoincludesaccompanyingseventeenth-centuryillustrations,achronology,suggestedfurtherreading,notesandanindex.