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andydraycott7
Sep 29, 20233 min read
Why Christian can't see the (wicket) gate?
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...
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andydraycott7
Jun 27, 20231 min read
Mosaic, Pastiche or Bricolage? "Wrong" Illustrations 4
The misplaced illustration depicts 'Tender Conscience,' who is the hero of PP Part III. Interestingly, although soon and then always...
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andydraycott7
Jun 26, 20231 min read
Mosaic, Pastiche or Bricolage? "Wrong" Illustrations 3
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...
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andydraycott7
Jun 8, 20231 min read
Mosaic, Pastiche or Bricolage? "Wrong" Illustrations 2
The answer to the post #1 is that, unlike the promise of the illustration, Evangelist, having pointed Christian to the Wicket Gate twice,...
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andydraycott7
Jun 2, 20231 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20236 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20235 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20234 min read
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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