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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thing about these devils , or at least about Mephostophilis , is that they apparently cannot lie.23 They make no attempt to conceal from Faustus what they are , or the nature of hell , or the fate of his soul . The fantasy of this drama ...
thing about these devils , or at least about Mephostophilis , is that they apparently cannot lie.23 They make no attempt to conceal from Faustus what they are , or the nature of hell , or the fate of his soul . The fantasy of this drama ...
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what is registered in the abrupt transition and twisted grammar is the excitement of the soul as it feels it come . The coming of the news is no completed act , but something that goes on through the stanza ( and the poem ) , pervading ...
what is registered in the abrupt transition and twisted grammar is the excitement of the soul as it feels it come . The coming of the news is no completed act , but something that goes on through the stanza ( and the poem ) , pervading ...
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It is the numinous fire of purgatorial roses in the old lady's room that enables Curdie in The Princess and Curdie to be able to tell through a handshake what shape the inner soul is growing into . It is the state of their souls that ...
It is the numinous fire of purgatorial roses in the old lady's room that enables Curdie in The Princess and Curdie to be able to tell through a handshake what shape the inner soul is growing into . It is the state of their souls that ...
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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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