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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Satan's serpentine shape is described as being lovely and alluring ( 11. 503–5 ) ; he approaches Eve , we are told , with ' tract oblique ' , like a ship entering the mouth of a river ( 11. 513-16 ) ; he ' Curled many a wanton wreath in ...
Satan's serpentine shape is described as being lovely and alluring ( 11. 503–5 ) ; he approaches Eve , we are told , with ' tract oblique ' , like a ship entering the mouth of a river ( 11. 513-16 ) ; he ' Curled many a wanton wreath in ...
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This very potential for loss of energy seems to be described within the poem , in the account of the manner of printing books in hell for the transmission of knowledge : In the first chamber was a Dragon - Man , clearing away the ...
This very potential for loss of energy seems to be described within the poem , in the account of the manner of printing books in hell for the transmission of knowledge : In the first chamber was a Dragon - Man , clearing away the ...
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... and to the French Queste , 280 ; voulu and unlived quality of Christianity in , 280 ; compared to Kingsley , MacDonald , Williams and Lewis , 280 Christian fantasy , described and defined , 1-11 ; early development of , 12-13 , 21-2 ...
... and to the French Queste , 280 ; voulu and unlived quality of Christianity in , 280 ; compared to Kingsley , MacDonald , Williams and Lewis , 280 Christian fantasy , described and defined , 1-11 ; early development of , 12-13 , 21-2 ...
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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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