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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It is certainly interesting that we first see Faustus at work perverting words , and in particular the Word : as suggested earlier , far greater Words that have become flesh , not to mention the true - speaking spell that is the play ...
It is certainly interesting that we first see Faustus at work perverting words , and in particular the Word : as suggested earlier , far greater Words that have become flesh , not to mention the true - speaking spell that is the play ...
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Yeshua himself predicts that His followers will misrepresent Him and His teachings in what will become the Gospels , ' These good people ... are unlearned and have confused everything I said . I am beginning to fear that this confusion ...
Yeshua himself predicts that His followers will misrepresent Him and His teachings in what will become the Gospels , ' These good people ... are unlearned and have confused everything I said . I am beginning to fear that this confusion ...
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And yet , as creator of this wonderful thing out of his heart , Mr Weston must feel the desire to lose his separateness , to become fully a part of it , and thus to die and become nothing . He and Grunter , who are often together ...
And yet , as creator of this wonderful thing out of his heart , Mr Weston must feel the desire to lose his separateness , to become fully a part of it , and thus to die and become nothing . He and Grunter , who are often together ...
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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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