Of Man by Nature
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Poet John Bunyan 1628–1688
POET’S REGION England
SCHOOL / PERIOD 17th Century
Subjects God & the Divine, Religion
Poetic Terms Rhymed Stanza
Biography
John Bunyan, author of the immortal allegory The Pilgrim's Progress (1678, 1684), was born in 1628 in Elstow, near Bedford, to Thomas Bunyan and his second wife, Margaret Bentley Bunyan. Not much is known about the details of Bunyan's life; his autobiographical memoir, Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners (1666), is concerned with external events only as they impinge upon spiritual experience. His family was humble though . . .
Poems by John Bunyan
Poem Categorization
SUBJECT God & the Divine, Religion
POET’S REGION England
SCHOOL / PERIOD 17th Century
Poetic Terms Rhymed Stanza
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