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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Dante , yes ; but Milton and the fall of man ? or Marlowe and the pact with the devil ? To that we have to say that such works suppose , even while they do not dramatise it in specific terms , a Christian context for their actions .
Dante , yes ; but Milton and the fall of man ? or Marlowe and the pact with the devil ? To that we have to say that such works suppose , even while they do not dramatise it in specific terms , a Christian context for their actions .
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... whether invented or from apocryphal , mythological or classical epic sources , until narratives of the creation , the fall , the Passion of Christ or the apocalypse were substantially longer and fuller than the biblical originals.1 ...
... whether invented or from apocryphal , mythological or classical epic sources , until narratives of the creation , the fall , the Passion of Christ or the apocalypse were substantially longer and fuller than the biblical originals.1 ...
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Seen from a Christian perspective , the pattern is at the same time one of a move from fall to redemption in Christ : 36 this is imaged at the end as the rocket bearing humanity's last home ascends to the heavens like a phoenix from ...
Seen from a Christian perspective , the pattern is at the same time one of a move from fall to redemption in Christ : 36 this is imaged at the end as the rocket bearing humanity's last home ascends to the heavens like a phoenix from ...
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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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