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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... city in which he lives is doomed to destruction by fire , and , seeking to be saved , is directed across a plain outside the city to a small gate leading to a path , which , after a number of obstacles , from hills or ditches to giants ...
... city in which he lives is doomed to destruction by fire , and , seeking to be saved , is directed across a plain outside the city to a small gate leading to a path , which , after a number of obstacles , from hills or ditches to giants ...
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... city Jerusalem with all its dimensions as here described is to descend upon a new earth . But the angels present with man understand these things quite differently , for they understand spiritually what man understands naturally . By ...
... city Jerusalem with all its dimensions as here described is to descend upon a new earth . But the angels present with man understand these things quite differently , for they understand spiritually what man understands naturally . By ...
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... city in Williams ' thought see He Came down from Heaven , PP . 95-103 ; and The Image of the City , pp . 92-130 . Charles Williams , Descent into Hell ( London : Faber and Faber , 1949 ) p . 80. On the patterning in Williams ' style see ...
... city in Williams ' thought see He Came down from Heaven , PP . 95-103 ; and The Image of the City , pp . 92-130 . Charles Williams , Descent into Hell ( London : Faber and Faber , 1949 ) p . 80. On the patterning in Williams ' style see ...
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The French Queste del Saint Graal | 12 |
The Commedia | 21 |
The Middle English Pearl | 42 |
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