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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But now , at a time when there is an increasing feeling that the world has no connection at all with a Christian God or a heaven , modern Christian fantasy tries to put divine presence into the universe . This modern fantasy is much ...
But now , at a time when there is an increasing feeling that the world has no connection at all with a Christian God or a heaven , modern Christian fantasy tries to put divine presence into the universe . This modern fantasy is much ...
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This is in part the point ; for the book is largely concerned with searching reality to find its divine nature and source . It confronts life in all its obstinate corruption , pain and sheer banality , to find that which transcends them ...
This is in part the point ; for the book is largely concerned with searching reality to find its divine nature and source . It confronts life in all its obstinate corruption , pain and sheer banality , to find that which transcends them ...
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322–3 : ' there is no earlier example amongst Christian mystics for his [ Dante's ] daring juxtaposition of divine theme and pagan images ' . On his debt to Virgil for his ' strong story - line ' and his ' grandiose and glowing images ...
322–3 : ' there is no earlier example amongst Christian mystics for his [ Dante's ] daring juxtaposition of divine theme and pagan images ' . On his debt to Virgil for his ' strong story - line ' and his ' grandiose and glowing images ...
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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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