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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... Pearl ( 1375–95 ) is not a narrative but a visionary and consolatory episode , 1 in which a man , lamenting the loss of a precious pearl - in part perhaps his daughter - is granted a vision of his pearl among the blessed in heaven , and ...
... Pearl ( 1375–95 ) is not a narrative but a visionary and consolatory episode , 1 in which a man , lamenting the loss of a precious pearl - in part perhaps his daughter - is granted a vision of his pearl among the blessed in heaven , and ...
Page 48
... pearls : her clothes are adorned with them , she has a crown made of pearls , and in the midst of her breast is set a flawless pearl which in particular awakens his wonder . In part v of the poem the dreamer addresses the girl as the pearl ...
... pearls : her clothes are adorned with them , she has a crown made of pearls , and in the midst of her breast is set a flawless pearl which in particular awakens his wonder . In part v of the poem the dreamer addresses the girl as the pearl ...
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... Pearl and a Lost Tradition ' , JEGP , 54 ( 1955 ) 332-47 , repr . in Conley ( ed . ) , The Middle English ' Pearl ' : Critical Essays ( Notre Dame , Ind .: University of Notre Dame Press , 1970 ) pp . 50-72 . See also Howard Rollins ...
... Pearl and a Lost Tradition ' , JEGP , 54 ( 1955 ) 332-47 , repr . in Conley ( ed . ) , The Middle English ' Pearl ' : Critical Essays ( Notre Dame , Ind .: University of Notre Dame Press , 1970 ) pp . 50-72 . See also Howard Rollins ...
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The French Queste del Saint Graal | 12 |
The Commedia | 21 |
The Middle English Pearl | 42 |
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