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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... feel a slight sense of surprise . What has Christianity , which is supposed to be concerned with what is true about the universe , got to do with works founded on invention ? Christianity is not fantasy ; it is meant to be fact . Surely ...
... feel a slight sense of surprise . What has Christianity , which is supposed to be concerned with what is true about the universe , got to do with works founded on invention ? Christianity is not fantasy ; it is meant to be fact . Surely ...
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... feel , as the Countess of the castle says to her son , ' There is nowhere else'.20 Dante's Hell , Purgatory and Heaven are , however , de facto connected to this world inasmuch as the souls of formerly living people go there . And Dante ...
... feel , as the Countess of the castle says to her son , ' There is nowhere else'.20 Dante's Hell , Purgatory and Heaven are , however , de facto connected to this world inasmuch as the souls of formerly living people go there . And Dante ...
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... feel them the more insubstantial , ghost - like . In Hell the wrathful batter one another with their fists in the mire , or attempt , in the form of Filippo Argenti , to attack Dante by clutching at his boat , and have to be thrust off ...
... feel them the more insubstantial , ghost - like . In Hell the wrathful batter one another with their fists in the mire , or attempt , in the form of Filippo Argenti , to attack Dante by clutching at his boat , and have to be thrust off ...
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Contents
12 | |
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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