Investigates the intersection of political and cultural authorities and the forces which have shaped dominant understandings of subjectivity, through textual analysis of specific instances of the operations of power in the production, reception, and dissemination of Bunyan's writings. Texts and contexts analyzed range from those of 17th-century nonconformity to 19th-century evangelism and 20th-century literary criticism, and from "The Pilgrim's Progress" to prefaces, spelling guides, and marginal notes by and about Bunyan. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.