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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The dreamer cannot understand how the pearl - girl , who died in infancy , can be taken to heaven immediately and promoted to one of its highest places , while those who have the ' misfortune ' to live longer and thus be more exposed to ...
The dreamer cannot understand how the pearl - girl , who died in infancy , can be taken to heaven immediately and promoted to one of its highest places , while those who have the ' misfortune ' to live longer and thus be more exposed to ...
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Most striking of all is his insistence throughout Heaven and Hell that our appearance and personalities will be little changed after death , and that though we are transfigured in heaven we shall still be in the human form , and live in ...
Most striking of all is his insistence throughout Heaven and Hell that our appearance and personalities will be little changed after death , and that though we are transfigured in heaven we shall still be in the human form , and live in ...
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... world is ! and thank God ! we must widen and widen our thoughts and hearts . A great good is coming to us all too big for this world to hold.'14 That good can be intuited now , if we live , like God , in our own unconscious minds .
... world is ! and thank God ! we must widen and widen our thoughts and hearts . A great good is coming to us all too big for this world to hold.'14 That good can be intuited now , if we live , like God , in our own unconscious minds .
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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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