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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It is even there in the other aspect under which the whole poem may be viewed : as a meditation , in which the sinner deliberately calls up a picture of the Last Things or of Christ , in order to heighten for him now the terrifying ...
It is even there in the other aspect under which the whole poem may be viewed : as a meditation , in which the sinner deliberately calls up a picture of the Last Things or of Christ , in order to heighten for him now the terrifying ...
Page 146
After this picture , which the little black boy accepts , he forms certain conclusions of his own . He turns to address the ' little English boy ' , envious admiration and fear of whom prompted his initial cry of desolation .
After this picture , which the little black boy accepts , he forms certain conclusions of his own . He turns to address the ' little English boy ' , envious admiration and fear of whom prompted his initial cry of desolation .
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This image of the angel's , with its amazingly vivid pictures , is one of the most original and inventive that Blake ... He proceeds to show the angel his own picture of his lot ; and it is one of a mass of monkeys living in buildings ...
This image of the angel's , with its amazingly vivid pictures , is one of the most original and inventive that Blake ... He proceeds to show the angel his own picture of his lot ; and it is one of a mass of monkeys living in buildings ...
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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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