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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The jolt to awareness is admitted at times by the text : ' And now , said the monk , he had told him the whole truth : to which Galahad answered that he had never thought the adventure held so high a meaning ' ( p .
The jolt to awareness is admitted at times by the text : ' And now , said the monk , he had told him the whole truth : to which Galahad answered that he had never thought the adventure held so high a meaning ' ( p .
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( IX.452-8 ) The whole account of the temptation is packed full of images relating to sex and seduction . Eve is compared to the pursued virgins Pales , Pomona and Ceres ( 11. 393-6 ) . Satan's serpentine shape is described as being ...
( IX.452-8 ) The whole account of the temptation is packed full of images relating to sex and seduction . Eve is compared to the pursued virgins Pales , Pomona and Ceres ( 11. 393-6 ) . Satan's serpentine shape is described as being ...
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It feels as though in stirring up the whole issue of Christ's existence , in suddenly making His reality at once more vulgar and more alien than we could have imagined , it succeeds in reincarnating Him in a sense .
It feels as though in stirring up the whole issue of Christ's existence , in suddenly making His reality at once more vulgar and more alien than we could have imagined , it succeeds in reincarnating Him in a sense .
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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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