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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Since the 1950s science fiction has rather moved away from the presentation of any form of Christian world view . This has rarely been owing to any hostility , more to do with science fiction's innate expansiveness , which will not ...
Since the 1950s science fiction has rather moved away from the presentation of any form of Christian world view . This has rarely been owing to any hostility , more to do with science fiction's innate expansiveness , which will not ...
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Science Fiction Writers : Critical Studies of the Major Authors from the Early Nineteenth Century to the Present Day ( New York : Charles Scribner's Sons , 1982 ) pp . 445-8 . See also Frank David Kievitt , ' Walter M. Miller's A ...
Science Fiction Writers : Critical Studies of the Major Authors from the Early Nineteenth Century to the Present Day ( New York : Charles Scribner's Sons , 1982 ) pp . 445-8 . See also Frank David Kievitt , ' Walter M. Miller's A ...
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51 . in the Iconology of Science Fiction ( Kent , Ohio : Kent State University Press , 1979 ) pp . 184–224 ; Mark Rose , Alien Encounters : Anatomy of Science Fiction ( Cambridge , Mass .: Harvard University Press , 1981 ) pp .
51 . in the Iconology of Science Fiction ( Kent , Ohio : Kent State University Press , 1979 ) pp . 184–224 ; Mark Rose , Alien Encounters : Anatomy of Science Fiction ( Cambridge , Mass .: Harvard University Press , 1981 ) pp .
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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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