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 poet does not need to follow a narrative sequence , and he may thus remove from the reader the kind of narrative excitement which might otherwise blind him to the spiritual dimension of the work . Thus we do not find much suspense ...
The poet does not need to follow a narrative sequence , and he may thus remove from the reader the kind of narrative excitement which might otherwise blind him to the spiritual dimension of the work . Thus we do not find much suspense ...
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This established , other aspects of the narrative begin to fall into place . The several digressions in which theological and moral matters are discussed , as while Christian is at Interpreter's House , or walking with By - ends and ...
This established , other aspects of the narrative begin to fall into place . The several digressions in which theological and moral matters are discussed , as while Christian is at Interpreter's House , or walking with By - ends and ...
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But in the Commedia Dante's attitude to the Aeneid is markedly different from that of his nearest predecessor in this field , Bernardus Silvestris , who , while praising the poem for its narrative , sees that narrative only as ...
But in the Commedia Dante's attitude to the Aeneid is markedly different from that of his nearest predecessor in this field , Bernardus Silvestris , who , while praising the poem for its narrative , sees that narrative only as ...
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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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