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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Seen thus , it can be said that Spenser ' meant ' his narrative to seem at variance with his meaning . It seems so clear , so much to answer to the character of the poem , that this reading seems the ' right ' one .
Seen thus , it can be said that Spenser ' meant ' his narrative to seem at variance with his meaning . It seems so clear , so much to answer to the character of the poem , that this reading seems the ' right ' one .
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Looked at one way , the poem seems fundamentally dialectical : it seems to play one kind of vision against another . Thus the vastness of eternity and of the infinity of souls , pouring across line ends , collecting all creation in its ...
Looked at one way , the poem seems fundamentally dialectical : it seems to play one kind of vision against another . Thus the vastness of eternity and of the infinity of souls , pouring across line ends , collecting all creation in its ...
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For Bulgakov - as for Blake truth seems to lie in ceaseless movement between different positions , symbolised in the mobility , deceptiveness and ground - removing wit of his devils . God exists and does not ; Jesus is real and ...
For Bulgakov - as for Blake truth seems to lie in ceaseless movement between different positions , symbolised in the mobility , deceptiveness and ground - removing wit of his devils . God exists and does not ; Jesus is real and ...
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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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