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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... green and red wood , we know that each item has a definite and ' limited ' significance , and in an explicatory chapter on ' The Legend of the Tree of Life ' we are given a good idea of what that significance might be .
... green and red wood , we know that each item has a definite and ' limited ' significance , and in an explicatory chapter on ' The Legend of the Tree of Life ' we are given a good idea of what that significance might be .
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He has been given a vision , itself probably to be seen as a piece of supernatural grace ( 11. 967-8 , 1184 ) . His imagination , we should recall , as in much Christian fantasy , is the medium of the poem .
He has been given a vision , itself probably to be seen as a piece of supernatural grace ( 11. 967-8 , 1184 ) . His imagination , we should recall , as in much Christian fantasy , is the medium of the poem .
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Here a piece of seemingly dead architecture is given life , as later the creatures in the stream are given personalities ; and this animation we may suppose does not express mere pathetic fallacy , but rather the moral ( d ) ...
Here a piece of seemingly dead architecture is given life , as later the creatures in the stream are given personalities ; and this animation we may suppose does not express mere pathetic fallacy , but rather the moral ( d ) ...
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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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