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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... fall , the Passion of Christ or the apocalypse were substantially longer and fuller than the biblical originals.1 If the motive in such re - creations must involve a certain independence , a desire to explore , expand and explain ...
... fall , the Passion of Christ or the apocalypse were substantially longer and fuller than the biblical originals.1 If the motive in such re - creations must involve a certain independence , a desire to explore , expand and explain ...
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... falling into the Slough of Despond : at first we are told that they ' drew near to a very Miry Slough that was in the midst of the Plain , and they being heedless , did both fall suddenly into the bogg ' ; but later , when Help asks ...
... falling into the Slough of Despond : at first we are told that they ' drew near to a very Miry Slough that was in the midst of the Plain , and they being heedless , did both fall suddenly into the bogg ' ; but later , when Help asks ...
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... fall to redemption in Christ : 36 this is imaged at the end as the rocket bearing humanity's last home ascends to ... fall of man brings about both a resurrection and a new fall : a resurrection of spiritual life in the ensuing ' dark ...
... fall to redemption in Christ : 36 this is imaged at the end as the rocket bearing humanity's last home ascends to ... fall of man brings about both a resurrection and a new fall : a resurrection of spiritual life in the ensuing ' dark ...
Contents
The French Queste del Saint Graal | 12 |
The Commedia | 21 |
The Middle English Pearl | 42 |
Copyright | |
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