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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... Dante ( New York : Italica Press , 1989 ) . Irma Brandeis , The Ladder of Vision : A Study of Images in Dante's Comedy ( London : Chatto and Windus , 1960 ) p . 18 , remarks that the subject till Dante ' had been given only the simplest ...
... Dante ( New York : Italica Press , 1989 ) . Irma Brandeis , The Ladder of Vision : A Study of Images in Dante's Comedy ( London : Chatto and Windus , 1960 ) p . 18 , remarks that the subject till Dante ' had been given only the simplest ...
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... Dante the Maker , pp . 322-3 : ' there is no earlier example amongst Christian mystics for his [ Dante's ] daring juxtaposition of divine theme and pagan images ' . On his debt to Virgil for his ' strong story - line ' and his ...
... Dante the Maker , pp . 322-3 : ' there is no earlier example amongst Christian mystics for his [ Dante's ] daring juxtaposition of divine theme and pagan images ' . On his debt to Virgil for his ' strong story - line ' and his ...
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... Dante's scientific picture of the workings of the universe in the Commedia see Boyde , Dante Philomythes . Charles S. Singleton , ' Dante's Allegory ' ( 1954 ) , in Clements , American Critical Essays , pp . 91-103 ; Anderson , Dante ...
... Dante's scientific picture of the workings of the universe in the Commedia see Boyde , Dante Philomythes . Charles S. Singleton , ' Dante's Allegory ' ( 1954 ) , in Clements , American Critical Essays , pp . 91-103 ; Anderson , Dante ...
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The French Queste del Saint Graal | 12 |
The Commedia | 21 |
The Middle English Pearl | 42 |
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