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 15
... certainly has the effect of evacuating the story of its literal context . No action or object is left merely itself : a tent is much more than a tent . Indeed it is mortal blindness to all but the literal or physical level of the world ...
... certainly has the effect of evacuating the story of its literal context . No action or object is left merely itself : a tent is much more than a tent . Indeed it is mortal blindness to all but the literal or physical level of the world ...
Page 44
... certainly a theological ' problem ' , and one the poem by its subject matter has thrust into prominence . And it is one that is not helped for mere mortal understanding by the pearl's citation of the parable of the vineyard : for that ...
... certainly a theological ' problem ' , and one the poem by its subject matter has thrust into prominence . And it is one that is not helped for mere mortal understanding by the pearl's citation of the parable of the vineyard : for that ...
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... certainly Mephostophilis did not claim responsibility for the earlier distortion of texts from logic by Faustus , 12 or his contemptuous citation from law ( 1.1.34-8 , 55-63 ) . Thus what seems to be a consideration is not really a ...
... certainly Mephostophilis did not claim responsibility for the earlier distortion of texts from logic by Faustus , 12 or his contemptuous citation from law ( 1.1.34-8 , 55-63 ) . Thus what seems to be a consideration is not really a ...
Contents
The French Queste del Saint Graal | 12 |
The Commedia | 21 |
The Middle English Pearl | 42 |
Copyright | |
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