Storytelling in the Works of Bunyan, Grimmelshausen, Defoe, and Schnabel

by Janet Bertsch

Examines how uses of fictional storytelling reflect the secularization process that coincided with the rise of the modern novel.

The modern novel appeared during the period of secularization and intellectual change that took place between 1660 and 1740. This book examines John Bunyan's Grace Abounding and The Pilgrim's Progress, Johann Grimmelshausen's Simplicissimus, Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, and J. G. Schnabel's Insel Felsenburg as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571132996
• ISBN13: 9781571132994
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.1"