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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Page 134
... body , and in that body its spiritual part thinks in a natural manner . It is different when the human mind is released from its connexion with the body , for then it no longer thinks naturally but spiritually ; and when it thinks ...
... body , and in that body its spiritual part thinks in a natural manner . It is different when the human mind is released from its connexion with the body , for then it no longer thinks naturally but spiritually ; and when it thinks ...
Page 148
... body are not divisible , and that ' Energy is the only life , and is from the Body ' . We , reading the poem , are ourselves thrown into dynamic tension : tempted to agree simply with the devil because of his rhetorical whip - hand ...
... body are not divisible , and that ' Energy is the only life , and is from the Body ' . We , reading the poem , are ourselves thrown into dynamic tension : tempted to agree simply with the devil because of his rhetorical whip - hand ...
Page 233
... body , are quite specific to Williams ' theology , even while they have their source in the nature of Christ . The fantastic world we have to enter in Williams ' fiction is doubly fantastic : first a world made strange , and then a body ...
... body , are quite specific to Williams ' theology , even while they have their source in the nature of Christ . The fantastic world we have to enter in Williams ' fiction is doubly fantastic : first a world made strange , and then a body ...
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The French Queste del Saint Graal | 12 |
The Commedia | 21 |
The Middle English Pearl | 42 |
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