This last week my class has been exploring some adaptation theory and theologizing to frame their own exploration of Pilgrim's Progress...

(It's been a long time since I intended to finish blogging thoughts in response to each chapter of Curtis Freeman's excellent book,...

You may be familiar with the nineteenth century spiral map of Christian's journey from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City. In...

I'm just listening to Peter Woodcock's audio narration of Journey to the City of the King, a PP adaptation by Peter and Anne Woodcock for...

The misplaced illustration depicts 'Tender Conscience,' who is the hero of PP Part III. Interestingly, although soon and then always...

The image of the muck-raker gives us the term for the lower instincts of popular journalism. I believe that the image is simply put into...

The answer to the post #1 is that, unlike the promise of the illustration, Evangelist, having pointed Christian to the Wicket Gate twice,...

I've been spending a deal of time in the Huntington Library Rare Book Reading Room this last month. Looking for reader annotations...

Simple stats: there are roughly 600 "uses" of the Bible, which include: citations (naming a passage by reference in the main text),...

A curious observation about the mid 19th century spiral map of PP that appears on the covers of several editions: Penguin Classics,...

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...

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...

At the Interpreter's House, Christian is introduced to a number of different scenarios, often referred to as 'emblems.' Emblems were...

When in Part II, Mr. Valiant-for-Truth is telling his story, he recounts a run in with three opponents: Wild-head, Inconsiderate, and...

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...

Edmonson's modernized version is called The Most Difficult Journey You'll Ever Make. The Introdiuction and notes in the text are actually...

So, what does the preceding potted survey allow in terms of a verdict on select Modern English Versions of The Pilgrim's Progress? In...

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...

Bunyan's character of the Flatterer presents a particular challenge for modernizers because of his racialization. Bunyan introduces him...

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...