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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He suggests that the world of his story is to be seen as ' nature ' rather than ' art ' , and he gives a model of what we can do for ourselves by the same means in the scarce - different world outside . ( The individual actions of his ...
He suggests that the world of his story is to be seen as ' nature ' rather than ' art ' , and he gives a model of what we can do for ourselves by the same means in the scarce - different world outside . ( The individual actions of his ...
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The apocalypse that comes is harsh and violent in sound and sight : this suggests that it partakes in the coarse nature of the world on which it intrudes . Yet it cannot be denied that the story conveys an air of terrible longing for ...
The apocalypse that comes is harsh and violent in sound and sight : this suggests that it partakes in the coarse nature of the world on which it intrudes . Yet it cannot be denied that the story conveys an air of terrible longing for ...
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There have been those who suggest that Bunyan suspended his elective and predestinarian theology here : Nick Davis ... 224-64 , suggests that Bunyan continually subverts his narrative so that our illusion of forward motion is exposed .
There have been those who suggest that Bunyan suspended his elective and predestinarian theology here : Nick Davis ... 224-64 , suggests that Bunyan continually subverts his narrative so that our illusion of forward motion is exposed .
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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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