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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Besides having a distinct beginning and end , the journey has a well - defined middle . The number of features and figures en- countered is limited , and we have a clear picture of them and of the connections from one to the other .
Besides having a distinct beginning and end , the journey has a well - defined middle . The number of features and figures en- countered is limited , and we have a clear picture of them and of the connections from one to the other .
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Christian fantasy from now on is far more full of states of holy joy , beauty and innocence than of pain , loss and damnation . And it is fair to say that in some sense Swedenborg stands at the beginning of this tradition .
Christian fantasy from now on is far more full of states of holy joy , beauty and innocence than of pain , loss and damnation . And it is fair to say that in some sense Swedenborg stands at the beginning of this tradition .
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In The Place of the Lion there is always the sense that a system is there , and that the gap between the beginning and the end of the novel measures the spiritual and intellectual distance to be covered by Anthony Durrant in compre- ...
In The Place of the Lion there is always the sense that a system is there , and that the gap between the beginning and the end of the novel measures the spiritual and intellectual distance to be covered by Anthony Durrant in compre- ...
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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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