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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Although the Purgatorio so often transcends while it marries nature , it can be said to enthrone nature , if by that term we understand ' innocent nature , what we were made to be ' - that union of flesh and spirit , natural and ...
Although the Purgatorio so often transcends while it marries nature , it can be said to enthrone nature , if by that term we understand ' innocent nature , what we were made to be ' - that union of flesh and spirit , natural and ...
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... in hand with Nature , not inclosed within the narrow warrant of her guifts , but freely ranging onely within the Zodiack of his owne wit . Nature neuer set forth the earth in so rich tapistry Spenser : ' The Faerie Queene ' , Book I 71.
... in hand with Nature , not inclosed within the narrow warrant of her guifts , but freely ranging onely within the Zodiack of his owne wit . Nature neuer set forth the earth in so rich tapistry Spenser : ' The Faerie Queene ' , Book I 71.
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Perhaps the most important point about Kingsley is that he made an attempt to square the Christian view of things with the then- new scientific discoveries about the nature of the world . Where other Christians became defensive ...
Perhaps the most important point about Kingsley is that he made an attempt to square the Christian view of things with the then- new scientific discoveries about the nature of the world . Where other Christians became defensive ...
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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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