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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At another level , as seen , Redcrosse had to fall into sin and lose himself in order to be made holy enough to face the dragon : he had to be broken to be made whole . Sin is not wished for by God ; but fallen man must know his ...
At another level , as seen , Redcrosse had to fall into sin and lose himself in order to be made holy enough to face the dragon : he had to be broken to be made whole . Sin is not wished for by God ; but fallen man must know his ...
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Most of the stories involve an attempt by evil people to gain supernatural power , whether through control over some magical object such as the Holy Grail or a wonder - working stone made of the ' First Matter of Creation ' , or else ...
Most of the stories involve an attempt by evil people to gain supernatural power , whether through control over some magical object such as the Holy Grail or a wonder - working stone made of the ' First Matter of Creation ' , or else ...
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It is frequently argued that the Holy Sonnets should be seen as a sequence of spiritual development or conversion , so that each one till the ' end ' produces only a varyingly partial vision : in this sense it would be wrong to take the ...
It is frequently argued that the Holy Sonnets should be seen as a sequence of spiritual development or conversion , so that each one till the ' end ' produces only a varyingly partial vision : in this sense it would be wrong to take the ...
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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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