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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... described them , and God described them through him , to persuade a materialist world of the eternal destiny of the soul . He knew his Hell , Purgatory and Heaven to be fictions at the same time as he believed in their reality ; 2 and ...
... described them , and God described them through him , to persuade a materialist world of the eternal destiny of the soul . He knew his Hell , Purgatory and Heaven to be fictions at the same time as he believed in their reality ; 2 and ...
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... 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 sight of Eve , / To lure ...
... 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 sight of Eve , / To lure ...
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... 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 rubbish from a cave's mouth ; within , a number of ...
... 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 rubbish from a cave's mouth ; within , a number of ...
Contents
The French Queste del Saint Graal | 12 |
The Commedia | 21 |
The Middle English Pearl | 42 |
Copyright | |
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