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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... journeys to a paradise or heaven . The rarity of such works intrigued me . I had been struck , for example , by the way modern science - fiction writers awaken wonder at their suggestion of worlds wholly other from our own , and then ...
... journeys to a paradise or heaven . The rarity of such works intrigued me . I had been struck , for example , by the way modern science - fiction writers awaken wonder at their suggestion of worlds wholly other from our own , and then ...
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... journey along a road : every time he invents metaphoric pictures or mythic re- creations of spiritual truth , his imagination , whether or not ' under licence ' from God , is at work , and is open to challenge for impiety . No matter ...
... journey along a road : every time he invents metaphoric pictures or mythic re- creations of spiritual truth , his imagination , whether or not ' under licence ' from God , is at work , and is open to challenge for impiety . No matter ...
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... journeys - whether in quest of the Holy Grail , in search of other worlds in Dante , Pearl or C. S. Lewis , between Heaven , Hell and Earth in Paradise Lost , though Fairy Land in Spenser and MacDonald , on pilgrimage to the Celestial ...
... journeys - whether in quest of the Holy Grail , in search of other worlds in Dante , Pearl or C. S. Lewis , between Heaven , Hell and Earth in Paradise Lost , though Fairy Land in Spenser and MacDonald , on pilgrimage to the Celestial ...
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... journey is ever outwards to larger dimensions and discoveries , from intelligences in stars to intelligences in whole galaxies , and finally to the Star Maker himself , a cosmic scientist . The loss is great . While there are outward ...
... journey is ever outwards to larger dimensions and discoveries , from intelligences in stars to intelligences in whole galaxies , and finally to the Star Maker himself , a cosmic scientist . The loss is great . While there are outward ...
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... journey by celestial chariot to secure from God a soul for the creation of man . Thomas of Britain , BĂ©roul and Gottfried von Strassburg popularise the story of Tristan and Isolde , with its central episodes of a dragon - slaying and a ...
... journey by celestial chariot to secure from God a soul for the creation of man . Thomas of Britain , BĂ©roul and Gottfried von Strassburg popularise the story of Tristan and Isolde , with its central episodes of a dragon - slaying and a ...
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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