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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... fact of the stone potholed like cheese , with the legs sticking out and waving under almost ludicrous torment from ... fact which the presence of a figure of Dante himself within them only reinforces.21 We are further detached from them ...
... fact of the stone potholed like cheese , with the legs sticking out and waving under almost ludicrous torment from ... fact which the presence of a figure of Dante himself within them only reinforces.21 We are further detached from them ...
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... fact that Una is with the knight will then be significant , for she figures Truth , and her presence , we may therefore suppose , helps him to overthrow Error . For , divided from her for the next eight cantos , he is continually ...
... fact that Una is with the knight will then be significant , for she figures Truth , and her presence , we may therefore suppose , helps him to overthrow Error . For , divided from her for the next eight cantos , he is continually ...
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... fact ; and all his additions are for this purpose . Here we see evidence that Kingsley was not sure that his readers would see the mystical or baptismal significance of Tom's spiritual journey as he first presented it . Originally it ...
... fact ; and all his additions are for this purpose . Here we see evidence that Kingsley was not sure that his readers would see the mystical or baptismal significance of Tom's spiritual journey as he first presented it . Originally it ...
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The French Queste del Saint Graal | 12 |
The Commedia | 21 |
The Middle English Pearl | 42 |
Copyright | |
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