Christian Fantasy: From 1200 to the PresentSpringer, 1992 M06 18 - 356 páginas This 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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... minds by God . Nor should we as modern readers forget that the ' reality ' of a fantastic work can change through time : that for example we now read Dante's pictures of Hell , Purgatory and Heaven for enjoyment and edification , but ...
... minds by God . Nor should we as modern readers forget that the ' reality ' of a fantastic work can change through time : that for example we now read Dante's pictures of Hell , Purgatory and Heaven for enjoyment and edification , but ...
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... mind from the truth contained in them . But they believe also that through such new images the faith can be revitalised ; and that the very act of ' going away ' from truth may bring one nearer to it . Our concern for much of this book ...
... mind from the truth contained in them . But they believe also that through such new images the faith can be revitalised ; and that the very act of ' going away ' from truth may bring one nearer to it . Our concern for much of this book ...
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... mind.14 However much Scripture must have authority , and however ( varyingly ) those writers look back to it , they sense that divine truth is not to be caught by one image , not even if that image is given direct by God , as they ...
... mind.14 However much Scripture must have authority , and however ( varyingly ) those writers look back to it , they sense that divine truth is not to be caught by one image , not even if that image is given direct by God , as they ...
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... universe could be explored and , as it were , colonised by mind . This exploring spirit , this expansion outwards to know all , seems a central drive of the poem : Io veggio ben che già mai non si sazia nostro 24 Christian Fantasy.
... universe could be explored and , as it were , colonised by mind . This exploring spirit , this expansion outwards to know all , seems a central drive of the poem : Io veggio ben che già mai non si sazia nostro 24 Christian Fantasy.
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Contenido
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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