"This is the first book-length history of the range of seventeenth-century English prose writing. Roger Pooley's study begins with narrative, ranging from the fiction of Bunyan and Aphra Behn to the biographical and autobiographical work of Aubrey and Pepys. Further sections consider religious prose from the hugely influential Authorised Version to Donne's sermons, the political writing of figures as diverse as Milton, Hobbes, Locke and ..."
"404 Richard Sibbes 'The Bruised Reed and Smoking Flax' in Works ed.
Alexander Grosart (Edinburgh 1862-4; repr. BOT 1973) I. 64. 405 Richard Sibbes
'The ... Alexander Dru (Fontana 1958) p. 245. 421 Gerard Manley Hopkins
Poems and Prose (Harmonds worth: Penguin 1953) p.61. ... Longman & Todd
1966) pp. 733-4. 42K Arthur Bennett The Valley of Vision (BOT 1975) p.72. 429
Alexander Solzhenitsyn The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 [Vol.11] Pa ..."
The Pilgrim's Progress(11th Edition) (Penguin Classics) by John Bunyan, RogerPooley Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2009 by Penguin Classics Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-14-143971-6, ISBN: 0-14-143971-8
"In John Bunyan's hands, a pious tract is transformed into a work of imaginative literature, The Pilgrim's Progress, whose influence - both on work that followed and on the English consciousness as a whole - has been immeasurable. This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction and notes by Roger Pooley. John Bunyan began The Pilgrim's Progress while he was in prison for conducting unauthorised Baptist religious services o ..."
The Discerning Reader(1st Edition) Christian Perspectives on Literature and Theory by David Barratt, RogerPooley, Etc. Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1995 by Apollos ISBN-13: 978-0-85111-445-3, ISBN: 0-85111-445-8
"This compendium is a Christian response to the major controversies and some of the key texts with which undergraduates and postgraduates in English studies are grappling. The contributors, many of them working in major universities, examine some of the most important issues to emerge from the surge of interest in critical theory over the last twenty years, such as the question of canon, interpretative communities, reading strategies, fe ..."
Longman Literature in English English Prose of the Seventeenth Century 1590-1700 by RogerPooley 304 Pages, Published 2014 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-317-90158-7, ISBN: 1-317-90158-4
"The narrative which breaks through the speculation is lively and engaging.2 The
romance tradition also continued at a less exalted level in translation, particularly
from the French. There were important translations of the greatest works of ... The
scientific details, such as weightlessness, are quite sophisticated; the encounters
with the 'Lunars' consciously parallel the style of factual accounts of visits to
faraway foreign cou ..."
Spiritual Autobiography by RogerPooley Paperback, 22 Pages, Published 1983 by Grove Books Ltd Import ISBN-13: 978-0-907536-42-0, ISBN: 0-907536-42-5
The Pilgrim's Progress(Updated) From This World to That Which Is to Come by Bunyan, John Edition [Hardcover(2009)] by John Bunyan, RogerPooley Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 1900 by Seeley ISBN-13: 978-1-4395-7974-9, ISBN: 1-4395-7974-1
"It recounts the story of Christian, who appears to the author in a dream, and his journey to Heaven through the trials and tribulations of life."
Longman Literature in English Ser. English Prose of the Seventeenth Century 1590-1700 by RogerPooley 304 Pages, Published 2014 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-317-90157-0, ISBN: 1-317-90157-6
"Roger Pooley. eclectic, ultimately coming back to the self as arbitrator, though
even that is not finally fixed or authoritative. ... that someofthemore risqué Latin
verses should remain untranslated, which provides an odd counterpoint to
Montaigne's theme.) The essay also demonstrates another aspectof the
originality of Montaigne, thewayhe can respond to texts, notjust as precepts,
butalso as literature, in a ..."
"Features: * Wide chronological coverage of English literature, especially texts found in the Norton, Oxford, Blackwell and other standard anthologies * Short, punchy essays that engage with the texts, the critics, and literary and social issues * Background and survey articles * Glossaries of Bible themes, images and narratives * Annotated bibliography and questions for class discussion or personal reflection * Scholarly yet accessible, ..."
Reading Literature Some Christian Approaches by David Barratt, RogerPooley Paperback, 89 Pages, Published by Uccf Associates ISBN-13: 978-1-85169-002-2, ISBN: 1-85169-002-6