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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From 1200 to the Present Colin N. Manlove. Colin Manlove Christian Fantasy From 1200 to the Present CHRISTIAN FANTASY Also by Colin Manlove MODERN FANTASY : Five. Front Cover.
From 1200 to the Present Colin N. Manlove. Colin Manlove Christian Fantasy From 1200 to the Present CHRISTIAN FANTASY Also by Colin Manlove MODERN FANTASY : Five. Front Cover.
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From 1200 to the Present Colin N. Manlove. CHRISTIAN FANTASY Also by Colin Manlove MODERN FANTASY : Five Studies *
From 1200 to the Present Colin N. Manlove. CHRISTIAN FANTASY Also by Colin Manlove MODERN FANTASY : Five Studies *
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From 1200 to the Present Colin N. Manlove. Also by Colin Manlove MODERN FANTASY : Five Studies * LITERATURE AND REALITY , 1600-1800 THE GAP IN SHAKESPEARE : The Motif of Division from Richard II to The Tempest * THE IMPULSE OF FANTASY ...
From 1200 to the Present Colin N. Manlove. Also by Colin Manlove MODERN FANTASY : Five Studies * LITERATURE AND REALITY , 1600-1800 THE GAP IN SHAKESPEARE : The Motif of Division from Richard II to The Tempest * THE IMPULSE OF FANTASY ...
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... Modern Christian Fantasy 156 13 George MacDonald's Fairy Tales 164 14 Charles Kingsley : The Water - Babies 183 15 Twentieth - Century Christian Fantasy 209 16 Charles Williams 215 17 C. S. Lewis 18 Other Writers Notes Index 237 262 303 ...
... Modern Christian Fantasy 156 13 George MacDonald's Fairy Tales 164 14 Charles Kingsley : The Water - Babies 183 15 Twentieth - Century Christian Fantasy 209 16 Charles Williams 215 17 C. S. Lewis 18 Other Writers Notes Index 237 262 303 ...
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... modern Christian fantasy , to show how , far from being some isolated outgrowth , it is part of a wider pre - Romantic ' kind ' , which , while infrequently written , was then the highest type of fiction imaginable . But there were ...
... modern Christian fantasy , to show how , far from being some isolated outgrowth , it is part of a wider pre - Romantic ' kind ' , which , while infrequently written , was then the highest type of fiction imaginable . But there were ...
Contents
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21 | |
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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