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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... Bunyan : The Pilgrim's Progress 115 10 Swedenborg : Heaven and Hell 131 11 Blake : The Little Black Boy ' and The Marriage of Heaven and Hell 144 12 Modern Christian Fantasy 156 13 George MacDonald's Fairy Tales 164 14 Charles Kingsley ...
... Bunyan : The Pilgrim's Progress 115 10 Swedenborg : Heaven and Hell 131 11 Blake : The Little Black Boy ' and The Marriage of Heaven and Hell 144 12 Modern Christian Fantasy 156 13 George MacDonald's Fairy Tales 164 14 Charles Kingsley ...
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... Bunyan and George MacDonald we travel into a Fairy Land of the soul which is imbued with the supernatural . Marlowe's Dr Faustus depicts a man who bargains away his soul to the devil . Milton's Paradise Lost re - creates the story of ...
... Bunyan and George MacDonald we travel into a Fairy Land of the soul which is imbued with the supernatural . Marlowe's Dr Faustus depicts a man who bargains away his soul to the devil . Milton's Paradise Lost re - creates the story of ...
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... Bunyan has much in common with Spenser , Blake looks often to Swedenborg ; MacDonald to both these and to Spenser and Milton ; Lewis to all , but particularly to MacDonald . Of them all , only Marlowe , the metaphysical poets and ...
... Bunyan has much in common with Spenser , Blake looks often to Swedenborg ; MacDonald to both these and to Spenser and Milton ; Lewis to all , but particularly to MacDonald . Of them all , only Marlowe , the metaphysical poets and ...
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... Bunyan's Christian has it , ' We shall be with Seraphims and Cherubins , Creatures that will dazle your eyes to look on them : There also you shall meet with thousands , and ten thousands that have gone before us to that place ; none of ...
... Bunyan's Christian has it , ' We shall be with Seraphims and Cherubins , Creatures that will dazle your eyes to look on them : There also you shall meet with thousands , and ten thousands that have gone before us to that place ; none of ...
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... Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress , Kingsley's The Water - Babies . There have been periods when Christian fantasies have been particularly rare , such as the time from Bunyan to Blake , and it is fair to say that at present , too , they ...
... Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress , Kingsley's The Water - Babies . There have been periods when Christian fantasies have been particularly rare , such as the time from Bunyan to Blake , and it is fair to say that at present , too , they ...
Contents
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The Middle English Pearl | 42 |
The Faerie Queene Book I | 50 |
Dr Faustus | 73 |
The Metaphysical Poets | 94 |
42 | 107 |
The Pilgrims Progress | 115 |
Heaven and Hell | 131 |
The Little Black Boy and The Marriage | 144 |
Modern Christian Fantasy | 156 |
George MacDonalds Fairy Tales | 164 |
The WaterBabies | 330 |
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