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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Evil is strong enough for those who will let it have a hold on them ... Thus throughout we are reminded of the frailty and transience of the fantasies created by evil . By the time we get to Despair , a filthy old man surrounded by a ...
Evil is strong enough for those who will let it have a hold on them ... Thus throughout we are reminded of the frailty and transience of the fantasies created by evil . By the time we get to Despair , a filthy old man surrounded by a ...
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The Christian miracles that occur in the story are often unemphasised or seemingly engulfed by the presence and attention given to the evil . No more than two remarks , for instance , are made about the power of Redcrosse's emblem ...
The Christian miracles that occur in the story are often unemphasised or seemingly engulfed by the presence and attention given to the evil . No more than two remarks , for instance , are made about the power of Redcrosse's emblem ...
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The reverse is the case with evil : out of all its efforts , all its mighty assaults comes in the end nothingness . But there is a further point behind some of those relatively brief overt appearances of grace earlier in the narrative ...
The reverse is the case with evil : out of all its efforts , all its mighty assaults comes in the end nothingness . But there is a further point behind some of those relatively brief overt appearances of grace earlier in the narrative ...
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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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