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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because the story of the Gospels is in the mode of a fantasy , and a fantasy which entered history and became true : ' Art has been verified . God is the Lord , of angels , and of men - and of elves . Legend and History have met and ...
because the story of the Gospels is in the mode of a fantasy , and a fantasy which entered history and became true : ' Art has been verified . God is the Lord , of angels , and of men - and of elves . Legend and History have met and ...
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Duessa hides her true nature from Redcrosse and fools him as she for long fooled Fradubio . The palace of Lucifera looks solid and magnificent , covered with gold ; but we are told that its back parts are much decayed and cunningly ...
Duessa hides her true nature from Redcrosse and fools him as she for long fooled Fradubio . The palace of Lucifera looks solid and magnificent , covered with gold ; but we are told that its back parts are much decayed and cunningly ...
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... Bely's Petersburg.13 It is true that in Petersburg Christ does make an occasional appearance ( as enigmatically as ... 14 true too that the vision of Petersburg is of a world of fragments , emptied of spiritual content – provocative ...
... Bely's Petersburg.13 It is true that in Petersburg Christ does make an occasional appearance ( as enigmatically as ... 14 true too that the vision of Petersburg is of a world of fragments , emptied of spiritual content – provocative ...
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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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