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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... divine truth : the point is only that ' truth ' is almost as problematic a word for the Christian as ' fantasy ... divine Poesie wee see the use is authorised.5 On the whole , though , the kind of ' divine Poesie ' that was most approved ...
... divine truth : the point is only that ' truth ' is almost as problematic a word for the Christian as ' fantasy ... divine Poesie wee see the use is authorised.5 On the whole , though , the kind of ' divine Poesie ' that was most approved ...
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... divine inspiration , but rather man ' imagination working as it was created to do , in the image of God's . But still it can be felt that even an imagination operating in such freedom returns divine truth from its fictive creations ...
... divine inspiration , but rather man ' imagination working as it was created to do , in the image of God's . But still it can be felt that even an imagination operating in such freedom returns divine truth from its fictive creations ...
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... Divine . Dante's other worlds are meant to be believed by his readers , for their better amendment of life . Spenser's Fairy Land is an image of a reality , the human soul . Marlowe's Faustus , who wants to have divine powers and be a ...
... Divine . Dante's other worlds are meant to be believed by his readers , for their better amendment of life . Spenser's Fairy Land is an image of a reality , the human soul . Marlowe's Faustus , who wants to have divine powers and be a ...
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... consoled for the miseries he has suffered on earth . Kingsley looks for ' absolute divine miracle ' within created nature . They are all extraordinarily different , and all have different Christian intent – Introduction 5.
... consoled for the miseries he has suffered on earth . Kingsley looks for ' absolute divine miracle ' within created nature . They are all extraordinarily different , and all have different Christian intent – Introduction 5.
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... divine inspi- ration , others who contrast the divine and human imaginations to the disfavour of the latter , others still who let their imagination range as wide as God's universe precisely in order to show the far greater magnitude of ...
... divine inspi- ration , others who contrast the divine and human imaginations to the disfavour of the latter , others still who let their imagination range as wide as God's universe precisely in order to show the far greater magnitude of ...
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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