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  2. The Holy War, allegory by John Bunyan, published in 1682. It unfolds the story of the town of Mansoul, which is besieged by the hosts of the devil, is relieved by the army of Emanuel, and is later undermined by further diabolic attacks and plots against his rule. ... 12 Novels Considered the "Greatest Book Ever Written" ...
    Author:The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  3. Jan 1, 202512 Novels Considered the "Greatest Book Ever Written" ... (1682). Early life. The Pilgrim's Progress title page Title page from The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1678). (more) Bunyan, the son of a brazier, or traveling tinker, was brought up "among a multitude of poor plowmen's children" in the heart of England's agricultural ...
    Author:Roger Sharrock
  4. In Japanese literature: Early Tokugawa period (1603-c. 1770) …novel, Kōshoku ichidai otoko (1682; The Life of an Amorous Man), changed the course of Japanese fiction.The title itself had strong erotic overtones, and the plot describes the adventures of one man, from his precocious essays at lovemaking as a child of seven to his decision at age 60…
  5. Sir Thomas Browne (born Oct. 19, 1605, London—died Oct. 19, 1682, Norwich, Norfolk, Eng.) was an English physician and author, best known for his book of reflections, Religio Medici.. After studying at Winchester and Oxford, Browne probably was an assistant to a doctor near Oxford. After taking his M.D. at Leiden in 1633, he practiced at Shibden Hall near Halifax, in Yorkshire, from 1634 ...
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  6. Dec 17, 2024The utilitarian writings of the 17th century included biographies, treatises, accounts of voyages, and sermons.There were few achievements in drama or fiction, since there was a widespread prejudice against these forms. Bad but popular poetry appeared in the Bay Psalm Book of 1640 and in Michael Wigglesworth's summary in doggerel verse of Calvinistic belief, The Day of Doom (1662).
  7. Nov 30, 202412 Novels Considered the "Greatest Book Ever Written" ... 1682, Grenoble, Fr.—died Dec. 4, 1749, Paris) was a French author and literary patroness whose associations with celebrated writers and political personalities ensured her position as one of the prominent social figures of the 18th century.
  8. Jan 1, 2025The Holy War (1682), Bunyan's second allegory, has a carefully wrought epic structure and is correspondingly lacking in the spontaneous inward note of The Pilgrim's Progress. The town of Mansoul is besieged by the hosts of the devil, is relieved by the army of Emanuel, and is later undermined by further diabolic attacks and plots against ...
  9. Jan 1, 2025Ihara Saikaku (born 1642, Ōsaka, Japan—died Sept. 9, 1693, Ōsaka) was a poet and novelist, one of the most brilliant figures of the 17th-century revival of Japanese literature.He enchanted readers with racy accounts of the amorous and financial affairs of the merchant class and the demimonde.. Saikaku first won fame for his amazing facility in composing haikai, humorous renga (linked-verse ...
  10. Jan 1, 2025Nishiyama Sōin (born 1605, Higo Province, Japan—died May 5, 1682, Kyōto?) was a renga ("linked-verse") poet of the early Tokugawa period (1603-1867) who founded the Danrin school of haikai poetry.Sōin's haikai (comical renga) became the transition between the light and clever haikai of Matsunaga Teitoku and the more serious and aesthetic haiku of Matsuo Bashō.
  11. In Japanese literature: Early Tokugawa period (1603-c. 1770) …between 1600 and 1682 is kana-zōshi, or "kana books," the name originally having been used to distinguish popular writings in the Japanese syllabary from more-learned works in Chinese.The genre embraced not only fiction but also works of a near-historical nature, pious tracts, books of practical information, guidebooks ...

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