Copyright © 1992 by the Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Designed by Jason Schellenberg Production supervised by Natalia Nadraga 95 94 93 92 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Johnson, Barbara A. Reading Piers Plowman and The pilgrim's progress : reception and the Protestant reader / Barbara A. Johnson. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Langland, William, 1330?-1400? Piers the Plowman. 2. Bunyan, John, 1628-1688. Pilgrim's progress. 3. Protesfants -` England -- Books and reading. 4. Protestantism and literature. 5. Reader-response criticism. I. Title. PR2015.J6 1992 821'.1-dc2O ISBN 0-8093-1653-6 91-30326 CIP The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences -- Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.∞ + ⃝ -iv- |