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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... means that he might have expected to restrict the licence of the imagin- ation . Puritan thinkers before him had frequently condemned the free action of the mind and demanded that it be kept to one undeviating purpose . Writing in 1638 ...
... means that he might have expected to restrict the licence of the imagin- ation . Puritan thinkers before him had frequently condemned the free action of the mind and demanded that it be kept to one undeviating purpose . Writing in 1638 ...
Page 169
... mean many things ; the truer its art , the more things it will mean .... It is there not so much to convey a meaning as to ... means something ; and where there is the faculty of talking with suitable vagueness , and choosing metaphor ...
... mean many things ; the truer its art , the more things it will mean .... It is there not so much to convey a meaning as to ... means something ; and where there is the faculty of talking with suitable vagueness , and choosing metaphor ...
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... means of an integument what the human spirit does and endures while temporarily placed in the human body .... The integu- ment is a type of exposition which wraps the apprehension of truth in a fictional narrative , and thus it is also ...
... means of an integument what the human spirit does and endures while temporarily placed in the human body .... The integu- ment is a type of exposition which wraps the apprehension of truth in a fictional narrative , and thus it is also ...
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The French Queste del Saint Graal | 12 |
The Commedia | 21 |
The Middle English Pearl | 42 |
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