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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... REALITY , 1600-1800 THE GAP IN SHAKESPEARE : The Motif of Division from Richard II to The Tempest * THE IMPULSE OF FANTASY LITERATURE * SCIENCE FICTION : Ten Explorations * C . S. LEWIS : His Literary Achievement * CRITICAL THINKING : A ...
... REALITY , 1600-1800 THE GAP IN SHAKESPEARE : The Motif of Division from Richard II to The Tempest * THE IMPULSE OF FANTASY LITERATURE * SCIENCE FICTION : Ten Explorations * C . S. LEWIS : His Literary Achievement * CRITICAL THINKING : A ...
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... reality of St John the 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 ...
... reality of St John the 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 ...
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... reality of Christ and of heaven : their object is to open our eyes to the larger dimension of divine reality that surrounds us . They are there to teach us conduct often within this world ; but most frequently that conduct is directed ...
... reality of Christ and of heaven : their object is to open our eyes to the larger dimension of divine reality that surrounds us . They are there to teach us conduct often within this world ; but most frequently that conduct is directed ...
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... reality of all . ' Re - create ' is of course the word . For many Christians past and present , as we have partly seen , the route to faith is through the Bible alone , and not through any alternative fiction , which may be a form of ...
... reality of all . ' Re - create ' is of course the word . For many Christians past and present , as we have partly seen , the route to faith is through the Bible alone , and not through any alternative fiction , which may be a form of ...
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... realities . Against all such apologies , allegories and translations we shall have to set the fact that all those ... reality , and that they chose to do so through fantastic inventions . They have all of them set out to render a new ...
... realities . Against all such apologies , allegories and translations we shall have to set the fact that all those ... reality , and that they chose to do so through fantastic inventions . They have all of them set out to render a new ...
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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