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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Thus only if he has biblical knowledge and some understanding of , not to say involvement in , the Christian faith and its practice , will he begin to comprehend the full meaning of Lucifera , the significance of Archimago or the ...
Thus only if he has biblical knowledge and some understanding of , not to say involvement in , the Christian faith and its practice , will he begin to comprehend the full meaning of Lucifera , the significance of Archimago or the ...
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It is ironic so long as we attend only to the sexual significance of the image . But , if we know anything of C. G. Jung's famous The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious , then we will know too of mandalas and their origins.16 ...
It is ironic so long as we attend only to the sexual significance of the image . But , if we know anything of C. G. Jung's famous The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious , then we will know too of mandalas and their origins.16 ...
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In short , Kingsley has imposed some of the supernatural significance on his story after the fact ; and all his additions are for this purpose . Here we see evidence that Kingsley was not sure that his readers would see the mystical or ...
In short , Kingsley has imposed some of the supernatural significance on his story after the fact ; and all his additions are for this purpose . Here we see evidence that Kingsley was not sure that his readers would see the mystical or ...
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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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