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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Some will find it difficult to make such connections : here Williams ' vision of the Co - inherence seems much more real than his ability to render it convincing . This is not always so : indeed there are many successes .
Some will find it difficult to make such connections : here Williams ' vision of the Co - inherence seems much more real than his ability to render it convincing . This is not always so : indeed there are many successes .
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On the backgrounds of the poem as ' Vision of the Other World ' and ' Consolatio ' , respectively , see Thomas C. Niemann , ' Pearl and the Christian Other World ' , Genre , 7 ( 1974 ) 213-32 ; and John Conley , ' Pearl and a Lost ...
On the backgrounds of the poem as ' Vision of the Other World ' and ' Consolatio ' , respectively , see Thomas C. Niemann , ' Pearl and the Christian Other World ' , Genre , 7 ( 1974 ) 213-32 ; and John Conley , ' Pearl and a Lost ...
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... Quest for the Faradawn , 275 ; influence on recent American Christian fantasies , 275 ; influence on Siegel , Alpha Centauri , 280 ; compared to vision of Beowulf , 336n.1 Traherne , Thomas , 120 ; fusion of imagination and idea in ...
... Quest for the Faradawn , 275 ; influence on recent American Christian fantasies , 275 ; influence on Siegel , Alpha Centauri , 280 ; compared to vision of Beowulf , 336n.1 Traherne , Thomas , 120 ; fusion of imagination and idea in ...
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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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