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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Perhaps this explains why there has been so far no book about this literature and its development . Yet in another way it is extra- ordinary , for this literature is about the central supernatural con- cerns of the Christian faith .
Perhaps this explains why there has been so far no book about this literature and its development . Yet in another way it is extra- ordinary , for this literature is about the central supernatural con- cerns of the Christian faith .
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For accounts and translations see Watson Kirkconnell , The Celestial Cycle : The Theme of ' Paradise Lost ' in World Literature with Translations of the Major Analogues ( Toronto : University of Toronto Press , 1952 ) pp . 3–43 .
For accounts and translations see Watson Kirkconnell , The Celestial Cycle : The Theme of ' Paradise Lost ' in World Literature with Translations of the Major Analogues ( Toronto : University of Toronto Press , 1952 ) pp . 3–43 .
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Theodore Silverstein , ' Dante and the Legend of the Mi'raj : The Problem of Islamic Influence on the Christian Literature of the Otherworld ' , Journal of Near Eastern Studies , 11 ( 1952 ) 89–110 , 187–97 .
Theodore Silverstein , ' Dante and the Legend of the Mi'raj : The Problem of Islamic Influence on the Christian Literature of the Otherworld ' , Journal of Near Eastern Studies , 11 ( 1952 ) 89–110 , 187–97 .
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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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