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 here that we encounter one of the organising principles of the play : the spiritual law of action and reaction by which , the nearer to his end Faustus comes , the more he comes to believe in the reality of a God whom his refusals ...
It is here that we encounter one of the organising principles of the play : the spiritual law of action and reaction by which , the nearer to his end Faustus comes , the more he comes to believe in the reality of a God whom his refusals ...
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In a way he is a philosopher , seeking to put over a world of thought which embodies the supernatural world in which he would have us believe ; but of course we are asked to accept that such intellectual and spiritual worlds are not his ...
In a way he is a philosopher , seeking to put over a world of thought which embodies the supernatural world in which he would have us believe ; but of course we are asked to accept that such intellectual and spiritual worlds are not his ...
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In the same way , though I do not believe ( I wish I did ) that my desire for Paradise proves that I shall enjoy it , I think it a pretty good indication that such a thing exists and that some men will . A man may love a woman and not ...
In the same way , though I do not believe ( I wish I did ) that my desire for Paradise proves that I shall enjoy it , I think it a pretty good indication that such a thing exists and that some men will . A man may love a woman and not ...
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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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