The writer of a handful of spiritual texts including

A Single Eye, All Light, No Darkness

that appeared in 1650, and the autobiographical

Lost Sheep Found

, Laurence Clarkson is one of the more colourful characters to emerge from the English Revolution. Although initially drawn to the anarchic doctrine of the so-called Ranters, Clarkson eventually fell in with the Muggletonians and a general theme of isolation and distrust of authority can be seen throughout his writing. Clarkson’s

Lost Sheep Found

, in particular, illustrates the hope, despair, and confusion that best describe the nonconformist experience during the revolutionary years of 1640-1660. Clarkson’s text is part of the Puritan tradition of spiritual autobiography, a subjective examination of the author’s soteriological…

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Citation: Hall, Barry. "Laurence Clarkson". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 18 April 2012 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=908, accessed 19 March 2024.]

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