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Biographical and critical works include John Brown, John Bunyan: His Life, Times, and Work, new ed. rev. by Frank Mott Harrison (1928), heavily documented and still useful; Henri Talon, John Bunyan: The Man and His Works (1951, reprinted 1976); Ola Elizabeth Winslow, John Bunyan (1961), a straightforward and readable biography; Monica Furlong, Puritanās Progress (1975); Lynn Veach Sadler, John Bunyan (1979), an introduction; Christopher Hill, A Turbulent, Seditious, and Factious People: John Bunyan and His Church, 1628ā1688 (1988; also published as A Tinker and a Poor Man, 1989), placing Bunyan within a radical tradition; William York Tindall, John Bunyan, Mechanick Preacher (1934, reissued 1964), on the background of the sects; Richard L. Greaves, John Bunyan and English Nonconformity (1992), on his theology; Roger Sharrock, John Bunyan, new ed. (1968, reprinted 1984), and John Bunyan: āThe Pilgrimās Progressā (1966), both critical studies; E. Beatrice Batson, John Bunyan: Allegory and Imagination (1984), a study of the literary merits of Bunyanās writings; and three collections of essays: Vincent Newey (ed.), The Pilgrimās Progress: Critical and Historical Views (1980); N.H. Keeble (ed.), John BunyanāConventicle and Parnassus (1988); and Robert G. Collmer (ed.), Bunyan in Our Time (1989).
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| Anniversary information added. | Oct 28, 2025 | ||
| Added cross-references and modernized language throughout. | Oct 08, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Aug 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Christian History Institute - John Bunyan: The Man, Preacher and Author. | Jan 01, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: C.S. Lewis Institute - Grace Abounding: The Life of John Bunyan. | Dec 28, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Christianity Today - John Bunyan. | Apr 04, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Authors - John Bunyan. | Jan 29, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Allpoetry - Biorgaphy of John Bunyan. | Feb 05, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Christian Classics Ethereal Library - Biography of John Bunyan. | Jan 13, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Heritage History - Biography of John Bunyan. | Nov 26, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Westminster Abbey - Biography of John Bunyan. | Mar 20, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Poetry Foundation - Biography of John Bunyan. | Mar 20, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Christian Classics Ethereal Library - Biography of John Bunyan. | Feb 17, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of John Bunyan. | Feb 16, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of John Bunyan. | Jan 27, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Canada History - Biography of Charles Tupper. | Jan 24, 2012 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 09, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jun 09, 2008 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Feb 09, 2007 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 09, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Feb 09, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | May 29, 2002 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |