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The Pilgrim's Progress is an allegorical work, and because of that it is easy to forget that its origins were in the Seventeenth-Century and in Bunyan's own life, and that reference to those origin...s can illuminate the way such an allegory relates to its times.
The Pilgrim's Progress is an allegorical work, and because of that it is easy to forget that its origins were in the Seventeenth-Century and in Bunyan's own life, and that reference to those origin...s can illuminate the way such an allegory relates to its times.
| Module code and title: | A203, Seventeenth century England: a changing culture 1618-1689 |
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| Item code: | A203; 14 |
| Recording date: | 1980-05-12 |
| First transmission date: | 01-09-1981 |
| Published: | 1981 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:18:45 |
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| Producer: | David Hoyle |
| Contributors: | Richard Beale; Stephan Earle; Gabrielle Glaister; Arnold Kettle; David Rintoul; David Strong |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Bedford; Common Prayer Book; Pilgrim's Progress; Trial; Vanity Fair |
| Footage description: | Professor Kettle examines three trials, a fictional one (of Christian and Faithful from The Pilgrim's Progress) and two real ones (from Bunvan's autobiograpnical Grace Abounding, where he and his wife face Bedfordshire magistrates on charges of sedition), and draws conclusions from the comparison. |
| Master spool number: | JPM950H986 |
| Production number: | JPM950H986 |
| Available to public: | no |
