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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From 1200 to the Present Colin Nicholas Manlove. 8 Milton : Paradise Lost Milton's Paradise Lost ( 1667 , 1674 ) is a late representative of a long tradition of biblical epic , beginning with Gaius Juvencus's Evangeliorum libri quatuor ...
From 1200 to the Present Colin Nicholas Manlove. 8 Milton : Paradise Lost Milton's Paradise Lost ( 1667 , 1674 ) is a late representative of a long tradition of biblical epic , beginning with Gaius Juvencus's Evangeliorum libri quatuor ...
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... Paradise , A passage down to the earth , a passage wide . ( III.526-8 ) He then ' Down right into the world's first region throws / His flight precipitant ' ( 11. 562–3 ) . When he reaches the earth and approaches Paradise , the garden ...
... Paradise , A passage down to the earth , a passage wide . ( III.526-8 ) He then ' Down right into the world's first region throws / His flight precipitant ' ( 11. 562–3 ) . When he reaches the earth and approaches Paradise , the garden ...
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... Paradise Lost , 106-7 ; Satan's jouney , 107 ; cosmic imagery of poem and its suggestiveness , 108-9 ; suggestiveness of Satan's journey as image , 109–10 ; and of Satan's behaviour in Paradise , 110-11 ; potential significance of ...
... Paradise Lost , 106-7 ; Satan's jouney , 107 ; cosmic imagery of poem and its suggestiveness , 108-9 ; suggestiveness of Satan's journey as image , 109–10 ; and of Satan's behaviour in Paradise , 110-11 ; potential significance of ...
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The French Queste del Saint Graal | 12 |
The Commedia | 21 |
The Middle English Pearl | 42 |
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