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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And , although there is a quest , a final objective in view , it is rarely mentioned , and we are not strongly aware of it . At a merely narrative level the final dragon with which Redcrosse does battle comes more or less unheralded ...
And , although there is a quest , a final objective in view , it is rarely mentioned , and we are not strongly aware of it . At a merely narrative level the final dragon with which Redcrosse does battle comes more or less unheralded ...
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To say that Duessa's final exposure reveals her for what she is is certainly true ; but she has also been , and in the world exists as , the other shapes with which she covers herself . She is as it were a composite of all her ...
To say that Duessa's final exposure reveals her for what she is is certainly true ; but she has also been , and in the world exists as , the other shapes with which she covers herself . She is as it were a composite of all her ...
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a collection of strange beasts ; and she and her pigeons arrive to save the day in the final battle . The spiritual is thus more pervasive in this story , and the symbolism seems more certainly ' holy ' or biblical , though no more ...
a collection of strange beasts ; and she and her pigeons arrive to save the day in the final battle . The spiritual is thus more pervasive in this story , and the symbolism seems more certainly ' holy ' or biblical , though no more ...
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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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