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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... allegorical as near as possible in fusion ; this means that the literal level is less ' gripping ' , but for the allegory to work this has to be so . Knightly contests are described in the set form and often clichéd romance language of ...
... allegorical as near as possible in fusion ; this means that the literal level is less ' gripping ' , but for the allegory to work this has to be so . Knightly contests are described in the set form and often clichéd romance language of ...
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... allegory , but now have to be presented directly . ( The same might be said of certain of the marginal insertions also.17 ) The clash between narrative and allegory is illustrated by the account of Christian and Pliable falling into the ...
... allegory , but now have to be presented directly . ( The same might be said of certain of the marginal insertions also.17 ) The clash between narrative and allegory is illustrated by the account of Christian and Pliable falling into the ...
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... allegorical but with that Real beside which our reality seems allegorical . And certainly the dominance of heaven and desire for it makes Bunyan something of a Christian Romantic : in this sense he is a writer more of fantasy than of ...
... allegorical but with that Real beside which our reality seems allegorical . And certainly the dominance of heaven and desire for it makes Bunyan something of a Christian Romantic : in this sense he is a writer more of fantasy than of ...
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The French Queste del Saint Graal | 12 |
The Commedia | 21 |
The Middle English Pearl | 42 |
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