Mosaic, Pastiche or Bricolage? "Wrong" Illustrations 1
I've been spending a deal of time in the Huntington Library Rare Book Reading Room this last month. Looking for reader annotations...
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andydraycott7
- Apr 3
- 1 min
Logging the data on PP's "use" of the Bible
Simple stats: there are roughly 600 "uses" of the Bible, which include: citations (naming a passage by reference in the main text),...
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andydraycott7
- Mar 29
- 1 min
Promiscuous Engravers: When 'expressly' isn't so special...
A curious observation about the mid 19th century spiral map of PP that appears on the covers of several editions: Penguin Classics,...
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andydraycott7
- Mar 23
- 4 min
Wonky References
I've submitted a couple of journal articles this week. And one of the things that journal editors are particularly at pains to point out...
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andydraycott7
- Mar 17
- 2 min
Illustrators vs Editors, OR Publishers, Editors, and Illustrators
What does it mean for a publisher to invite an editor to annotate the text of PP at the same time as commissioning art work to accompany...
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andydraycott7
- Mar 14
- 2 min
Holy Jerome!
At the Interpreter's House, Christian is introduced to a number of different scenarios, often referred to as 'emblems.' Emblems were...
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andydraycott7
- Mar 10
- 2 min
The Biblionic Man and his Jerusalem Blade
When in Part II, Mr. Valiant-for-Truth is telling his story, he recounts a run in with three opponents: Wild-head, Inconsiderate, and...
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andydraycott7
- Feb 24
- 4 min
Praise for EEBO, a turned around 5, and Scotland wins-England loses (PP and not 6 Nations rugby)
I'm just finishing editing an article about the shining ones who gives Christian gifts at the cross in PP Part I. Part of my research...
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andydraycott7
- Feb 21
- 6 min
Modern English Versions - Cautious Verdict, Part 2 of 2
Edmonson's modernized version is called The Most Difficult Journey You'll Ever Make. The Introdiuction and notes in the text are actually...
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andydraycott7
- Feb 15
- 4 min
Modern English Versions - Cautious Verdict, Part 1 of 2 - Goal Setting
So, what does the preceding potted survey allow in terms of a verdict on select Modern English Versions of The Pilgrim's Progress? In...
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andydraycott7
- Feb 9
- 5 min
Modern English Versions - Formatting
This one's a bit longer - but there are also more pictures, although mostly of text and not images... A lot can be said, and has been...
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andydraycott7
- Feb 8
- 1 min
Modern English Versions - The Flatterer
Bunyan's character of the Flatterer presents a particular challenge for modernizers because of his racialization. Bunyan introduces him...
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andydraycott7
- Feb 7
- 3 min
Modern English Versions - Scroll/roll in bosom/ Doubting Castle
As a follow up to my post about Al Bohl's key solution, I want to compare our candidate modern versions of PP on how they locate...
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andydraycott7
- Feb 1
- 3 min
Modern English Versions - Pickthank, Hill Lucre, and Diffidence
Students love the way Bunyan's names the characters Christian meets along the way. They like those who encourage, like Help, Good-Will,...
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andydraycott7
- Jan 31
- 2 min
Had the key all along!? Al Bohl's striking solution.
One of the fun moments of PP is when Christian, having languished in Giant Despair's dungeon for three whole days, and only after a night...
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andydraycott7
- Jan 30
- 4 min
Modern English Versions - Opening
"As I walked through the wilderness of this world" is a brilliantly alliterative opening - the repeated "w" words, the monosyllables...
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andydraycott7
- Jan 29
- 3 min
Modern English Versions- Author's Apology
Nothing puts Bunyan's classic in its seventeenth-century context more than the Author's Apology. Bunyan puts a long poem before the...
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andydraycott7
- Jan 27
- 1 min
Modern English Versions
It's an interesting question as to when a modernized version becomes an adaptation? In any case, today I was asked again about my...
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andydraycott7
- Jan 24
- 4 min
Christian's missing armor (and a missing "u") and extra weapon!
(Editions of PP in the US conform to US spelling - so the "u" is missing from how Bunyan spelled "armour." This is actually not so easy...
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andydraycott7
- Jan 21
- 3 min
Imagining Christian's 'raiment' (and the Letter to Diognetus) with Vivian's Creative Project
One way that the New Testament depicts conversion is putting off the old self and putting on Christ. The language speaks to what we call...
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