Lawrence Howell
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    Lawrence Howell

    Lawrence Howell(1660–1720)

    Author of an English Christian allegory in the long tradition of spiritual pilgrimage narratives. His texts frame inner life as a journey of trial, instruction, and transformation, often using emblematic characters and moral landscapes.

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    Desiderius, or the Original Pilgrim

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    Desiderius, or the original pilgrim: a divine dialogue. Shewing the most compendious way to arrive at the love of God. Render'd into English, and explain'd with notes by Laurence Howel

    The Dial's edition: London, 1716

    A spiritual dialogue showing the most compendious way to arrive at the love of God. The text is Howell's English rendering of a work originally by Miguel Comalada (late 15th–16th century), a Catalan religious writer and Hieronymite monk.