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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As already stated , this is no rehearsal of religious truths in stock or biblical 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 .
As already stated , this is no rehearsal of religious truths in stock or biblical 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 .
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It is thus evident that some pretty strange implications are present within the invented 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 ...
It is thus evident that some pretty strange implications are present within the invented 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 ...
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What we have in Paradise Lost , then , is a situation where Milton's imagination , in part let loose from traditional imagery and modes of presentation , unconsciously creates a pattern of imagery which delivers a message clean counter ...
What we have in Paradise Lost , then , is a situation where Milton's imagination , in part let loose from traditional imagery and modes of presentation , unconsciously creates a pattern of imagery which delivers a message clean counter ...
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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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