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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... 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 ...
... 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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... 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 escape from a hideous world . Nicky himself was not more unpleasant than ...
... 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 escape from a hideous world . Nicky himself was not more unpleasant than ...
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... suggest that Bunyan suspended his elective and predestinarian theology here : Nick Davis , ' The Problem of Misfortune ... suggests that Bunyan continually subverts his narrative so that our illusion of forward motion is exposed . This ...
... suggest that Bunyan suspended his elective and predestinarian theology here : Nick Davis , ' The Problem of Misfortune ... suggests that Bunyan continually subverts his narrative so that our illusion of forward motion is exposed . This ...
Contents
The French Queste del Saint Graal | 12 |
The Commedia | 21 |
The Middle English Pearl | 42 |
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