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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... portray a bridge between the two realms , remains apparently non - incarnational , non- Christian even , in the sense of ... portrays the need for it ; and the poem can thus be said to be a supernatural vision of the absence of true ...
... portray a bridge between the two realms , remains apparently non - incarnational , non- Christian even , in the sense of ... portrays the need for it ; and the poem can thus be said to be a supernatural vision of the absence of true ...
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... portrays the complex ' pattern of the glory ' in the everyday world ; in the fantasies of C. S. Lewis we are invited ... portraying it through their own invented worlds , each of these writers implicitly begs the question of the status ...
... portrays the complex ' pattern of the glory ' in the everyday world ; in the fantasies of C. S. Lewis we are invited ... portraying it through their own invented worlds , each of these writers implicitly begs the question of the status ...
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... portrayal of otherness or the desirable for their own sakes . He is determined that his readers should experience them ... portrays growing contact with the super- natural or a journey towards it relives his own conversion . He seeks to ...
... portrayal of otherness or the desirable for their own sakes . He is determined that his readers should experience them ... portrays growing contact with the super- natural or a journey towards it relives his own conversion . He seeks to ...
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The French Queste del Saint Graal | 12 |
The Commedia | 21 |
The Middle English Pearl | 42 |
Copyright | |
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