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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Thus Blake sets about uprooting all categories , moral and spiritual , by turning God into devil and hell to heaven ... He tells us that , though Milton describes the devil being thrown from heaven , the devil's view of it is ' that the ...
Thus Blake sets about uprooting all categories , moral and spiritual , by turning God into devil and hell to heaven ... He tells us that , though Milton describes the devil being thrown from heaven , the devil's view of it is ' that the ...
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Since this harmony is achieved without any belief in God , since this is an Eden without a divine maker , Father Ramon Ruiz - Sanchez , the priest - commissioner , is forced to conclude that Lithia is a construct of the devil .
Since this harmony is achieved without any belief in God , since this is an Eden without a divine maker , Father Ramon Ruiz - Sanchez , the priest - commissioner , is forced to conclude that Lithia is a construct of the devil .
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These aliens , when they eventually reveal themselves , turn out to have the aspect of devils , giant forms with wings and ... Karellen , the leader of these ' Overlords ' , as they are called , explains that man's image of the devil ...
These aliens , when they eventually reveal themselves , turn out to have the aspect of devils , giant forms with wings and ... Karellen , the leader of these ' Overlords ' , as they are called , explains that man's image of the devil ...
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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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