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 82
There is little about Faustus for much of the play to awaken our sympathy or admiration . Our involvement with him grows to the extent that he grows in the spiritual awareness of his position . And our sense of waste comes from the loss ...
There is little about Faustus for much of the play to awaken our sympathy or admiration . Our involvement with him grows to the extent that he grows in the spiritual awareness of his position . And our sense of waste comes from the loss ...
Page 89
The question of who is ' running the show ' is one that is continually present in this play . The very subject of learning that Faustus chooses to permit him to change the world is the one that offers that urge least scope .
The question of who is ' running the show ' is one that is continually present in this play . The very subject of learning that Faustus chooses to permit him to change the world is the one that offers that urge least scope .
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... hollowing out ' and shrinkage in the play , 82–9 ; magical use of words in the play , 84 ; the true author of the ... dwindling of imagination in both plays , 73-4 ; Tamburlaine's imagination less blasphemous than that of Faustus ...
... hollowing out ' and shrinkage in the play , 82–9 ; magical use of words in the play , 84 ; the true author of the ... dwindling of imagination in both plays , 73-4 ; Tamburlaine's imagination less blasphemous than that of Faustus ...
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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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