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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A light moves you which takes form in heaven , of itself , or by a will that downwards guides it . ( Purg . xvII.13-18 ) Thus this invention is not a self - governing adventurer , nor is it insulated from spiritual truths .
A light moves you which takes form in heaven , of itself , or by a will that downwards guides it . ( Purg . xvII.13-18 ) Thus this invention is not a self - governing adventurer , nor is it insulated from spiritual truths .
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And as this happens we move from what might be called a relatively contingent narrative to one founded on scriptural realities . ( The process is similar to that in Pearl . ) The Bible speaks of the Seven Deadly Sins , of the wiles of ...
And as this happens we move from what might be called a relatively contingent narrative to one founded on scriptural realities . ( The process is similar to that in Pearl . ) The Bible speaks of the Seven Deadly Sins , of the wiles of ...
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the Evidences of Christianity ( 1794 ) : ' There is life in you ; and it is the life in you which makes you grow , and move , and think : and yet you can't see it . And there is steam in a steam - engine ; and that is what makes it move ...
the Evidences of Christianity ( 1794 ) : ' There is life in you ; and it is the life in you which makes you grow , and move , and think : and yet you can't see it . And there is steam in a steam - engine ; and that is what makes it move ...
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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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