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 there are two works of particularly dream - like structure , Phantastes ( 1858 ) and Lilith ( 1895 ) , written at either end of MacDonald's creative life ; and in between the ' children's ' fairy tales - though MacDonald always ...
Thus there are two works of particularly dream - like structure , Phantastes ( 1858 ) and Lilith ( 1895 ) , written at either end of MacDonald's creative life ; and in between the ' children's ' fairy tales - though MacDonald always ...
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In Phantastes , indeed , we follow what C. S. Lewis would have called a ' dialectic of desire'.32 It is desire that in a sense takes Anodos to Fairy Land in the first place , as he looks in the eyes of the fairy grandmother who comes to ...
In Phantastes , indeed , we follow what C. S. Lewis would have called a ' dialectic of desire'.32 It is desire that in a sense takes Anodos to Fairy Land in the first place , as he looks in the eyes of the fairy grandmother who comes to ...
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One should recall Tolkien's Christian concept of the ' eucatastrophe ' in fairy tale , of which he considered The Lord of the Rings to be an example . This concept is outlined in his essay ' On Fairy - Stories ' ( 1939 ) , repr . in ...
One should recall Tolkien's Christian concept of the ' eucatastrophe ' in fairy tale , of which he considered The Lord of the Rings to be an example . This concept is outlined in his essay ' On Fairy - Stories ' ( 1939 ) , repr . in ...
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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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