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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... ised as the deepest part of the soul - where one may come across a magic ship which will take one to the holy castle of Corbenic.13 If the ' natural ' is a delusion to be seen through , the supernatural is often all too real .
... ised as the deepest part of the soul - where one may come across a magic ship which will take one to the holy castle of Corbenic.13 If the ' natural ' is a delusion to be seen through , the supernatural is often all too real .
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The reversal of the poem , seen thus , symbolises God's apparent reversal of Himself . In this way the violence of ' metaphysical conceit ' , yoking together opposite ideas , could be viewed as exactly matching the inmost character of ...
The reversal of the poem , seen thus , symbolises God's apparent reversal of Himself . In this way the violence of ' metaphysical conceit ' , yoking together opposite ideas , could be viewed as exactly matching the inmost character of ...
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... but Swedenborg's reasons for his approach can be seen to be quite the reverse , for it is his object to heighten the ' supernatural ' element , to reawaken man to the afterlife of heaven and hell to which he is directed .
... but Swedenborg's reasons for his approach can be seen to be quite the reverse , for it is his object to heighten the ' supernatural ' element , to reawaken man to the afterlife of heaven and hell to which he is directed .
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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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