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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... imagery alone , such as could be found in Milton's predecessors : this is effectively a new universe in which such truths are to be re- created . Milton has let his imagination off the leash , has let it roam amid immensity . This is ...
... imagery alone , such as could be found in Milton's predecessors : this is effectively a new universe in which such truths are to be re- created . Milton has let his imagination off the leash , has let it roam amid immensity . This is ...
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... imagery of Paradise Lost . But what can we make of them ? Clearly , at the level of Milton's conscious intention , little ; at the level of any knowledge he may have had of the actual biological facts concerning fertilisation , still ...
... imagery of Paradise Lost . But what can we make of them ? Clearly , at the level of Milton's conscious intention , little ; at the level of any knowledge he may have had of the actual biological facts concerning fertilisation , still ...
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... imagery and modes of presentation , unconsciously creates a pattern of imagery which delivers a message clean counter to the official moral doctrine of the poem , whereby Satan and evil are abhorrent and to be shut out both from heaven ...
... imagery and modes of presentation , unconsciously creates a pattern of imagery which delivers a message clean counter to the official moral doctrine of the poem , whereby Satan and evil are abhorrent and to be shut out both from heaven ...
Contents
The French Queste del Saint Graal | 12 |
The Commedia | 21 |
The Middle English Pearl | 42 |
Copyright | |
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