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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There are few apart from funda- mentalists now who would take the Bible as the direct word of God ; few who would maintain with the Victorian John William Burgon , Fellow of Oriel College Oxford and vicar of the University church after ...
There are few apart from funda- mentalists now who would take the Bible as the direct word of God ; few who would maintain with the Victorian John William Burgon , Fellow of Oriel College Oxford and vicar of the University church after ...
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In order to direct us to this light from Heaven , Dante has so organised the images of his poem that we will not be seduced by them , but will constantly see their spiritual significance or the larger pattern ...
In order to direct us to this light from Heaven , Dante has so organised the images of his poem that we will not be seduced by them , but will constantly see their spiritual significance or the larger pattern ...
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Throughout , the direct naming of the allegorical figures , as Pliable , Faithful , Talkative , By - ends or Ignorance ( compare the more oblique Duessa , Acrasia , Britomart or Busirane in Spenser ) serves to herald behaviour , and the ...
Throughout , the direct naming of the allegorical figures , as Pliable , Faithful , Talkative , By - ends or Ignorance ( compare the more oblique Duessa , Acrasia , Britomart or Busirane in Spenser ) serves to herald behaviour , and the ...
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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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