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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Page 31
... physical detail in the Purgatorio . For one thing , we see only the human form : no monsters here . For another , topography is relatively uniform . Each cornice , or ledge , around the conical mountain is physically much the same as ...
... physical detail in the Purgatorio . For one thing , we see only the human form : no monsters here . For another , topography is relatively uniform . Each cornice , or ledge , around the conical mountain is physically much the same as ...
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... physical level of this is no mere image , is the same as becoming spiritually nearer to or more aware of God . The problem is in conceiving the soul so physically , as a little grain protected by its husk . After this picture , which ...
... physical level of this is no mere image , is the same as becoming spiritually nearer to or more aware of God . The problem is in conceiving the soul so physically , as a little grain protected by its husk . After this picture , which ...
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... physical world . The tangle of mental imagery and potential error in MacDonald's fantastic worlds is no different in terms of mundane reality from the confusing nature of the physical world in Kingsley's . Between them the two could be ...
... physical world . The tangle of mental imagery and potential error in MacDonald's fantastic worlds is no different in terms of mundane reality from the confusing nature of the physical world in Kingsley's . Between them the two could be ...
Contents
The French Queste del Saint Graal | 12 |
The Commedia | 21 |
The Middle English Pearl | 42 |
Copyright | |
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