Christian Fantasy: From 1200 to the PresentThis is the first account of invented stories involving the Christian supernatural. In their development a central concern is found to be the fantasy-making human imagination itself, at first seen as a obstacle to Christian purpose, but more recently given freer rein. |
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23 or in Tolkien's search through creative fantasy for the ' Recovery ' of a fresh view of the universe in place of the boredom produced through our over - familiarity with it.24 But in Christian fantasy the vision is to be re ...
23 or in Tolkien's search through creative fantasy for the ' Recovery ' of a fresh view of the universe in place of the boredom produced through our over - familiarity with it.24 But in Christian fantasy the vision is to be re ...
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Chrétien de Troyes , Le Conte del Graal , 13 Christian fantasies , recent American , 275-81 ; influenced heavily by ... quality of Christianity in , 280 ; compared to Kingsley , MacDonald , Williams and Lewis , 280 Christian fantasy ...
Chrétien de Troyes , Le Conte del Graal , 13 Christian fantasies , recent American , 275-81 ; influenced heavily by ... quality of Christianity in , 280 ; compared to Kingsley , MacDonald , Williams and Lewis , 280 Christian fantasy ...
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... 286 ; not concerned with humble or Christ - like figures , 286 ; Christian patterns commandeered for secular purposes , 286-7 ; but science fiction one of the most ' religious ' of literary genres , 287 ; contrasted to fantasy of ...
... 286 ; not concerned with humble or Christ - like figures , 286 ; Christian patterns commandeered for secular purposes , 286-7 ; but science fiction one of the most ' religious ' of literary genres , 287 ; contrasted to fantasy of ...
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The French Queste del Saint Graal 122 | 12 |
The Commedia | 21 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Christian Fantasy: From 1200 to the Present |
| Author | Colin Nicholas Manlove |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1992 |
| ISBN | 0333558901, 9780333558904 |
| Length | 356 pages |
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