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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... writer , to value the invention and originality in the earlier writers , to respond to them as creators , and to attempt ... writers had not been.13 The interest of most literature prior to Dante had been doctrinal , concerned with the ...
... writer , to value the invention and originality in the earlier writers , to respond to them as creators , and to attempt ... writers had not been.13 The interest of most literature prior to Dante had been doctrinal , concerned with the ...
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... writers in admitting the draught from outside . even if There is a sense in all this division , in this painful separation of man from God , earth from heaven , image from reality , of a departure , as though for Lewis God has now ...
... writers in admitting the draught from outside . even if There is a sense in all this division , in this painful separation of man from God , earth from heaven , image from reality , of a departure , as though for Lewis God has now ...
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... writers of Christian fantasy themselves often see it as drawing on truth , 3-5 ; ' Christian fantasy ' defined , 5-6 ; variety of works in , 5-6 ; degree of their mutual indebtedness , 6 ; no previous book on subject of , 6–7 ...
... writers of Christian fantasy themselves often see it as drawing on truth , 3-5 ; ' Christian fantasy ' defined , 5-6 ; variety of works in , 5-6 ; degree of their mutual indebtedness , 6 ; no previous book on subject of , 6–7 ...
Contents
The French Queste del Saint Graal | 12 |
The Commedia | 21 |
The Middle English Pearl | 42 |
Copyright | |
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