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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For Lewis , ' He is not here , but is risen ' : 3 Christ's acts , while they have accomplished our redemption ... Lewis's very mention of ' wonder ' and its desirability suggest the need to thirst towards something : he is essentially ...
For Lewis , ' He is not here , but is risen ' : 3 Christ's acts , while they have accomplished our redemption ... Lewis's very mention of ' wonder ' and its desirability suggest the need to thirst towards something : he is essentially ...
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In a similar manner Lewis in Out of the Silent Planet starts us with a man out on a walking - tour ; has him happen across two men who are about to travel to Mars in a spaceship they have constructed ; then has him captured and taken to ...
In a similar manner Lewis in Out of the Silent Planet starts us with a man out on a walking - tour ; has him happen across two men who are about to travel to Mars in a spaceship they have constructed ; then has him captured and taken to ...
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In C. S. Lewis , Out of the Silent Planet ( London : John Lane , 1938 ) pp . 101-4 , 114 ; Perelandra , p . 49 ; ' Forms of Things Unknown ' , Of Other Worlds , pp . 119-26 . Lewis uses this phrase from Wordsworth's ' Immortality Ode ...
In C. S. Lewis , Out of the Silent Planet ( London : John Lane , 1938 ) pp . 101-4 , 114 ; Perelandra , p . 49 ; ' Forms of Things Unknown ' , Of Other Worlds , pp . 119-26 . Lewis uses this phrase from Wordsworth's ' Immortality Ode ...
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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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