Christian Fantasy: From 1200 to the PresentSpringer, 18/06/1992 - 356 من الصفحات 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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الصفحة viii
... character of modern Christian fantasy , and I began to see that a larger story could be told , involving not only analysis of the major works , but also an account of their changing character from the time of the first significant such ...
... character of modern Christian fantasy , and I began to see that a larger story could be told , involving not only analysis of the major works , but also an account of their changing character from the time of the first significant such ...
الصفحة 6
... character and purpose . Perhaps this explains why there has been so far no book about this literature and its development . Yet in another way it is extra- ordinary , for this literature is about the central supernatural con- cerns of ...
... character and purpose . Perhaps this explains why there has been so far no book about this literature and its development . Yet in another way it is extra- ordinary , for this literature is about the central supernatural con- cerns of ...
الصفحة 11
... character . Yet it is fair to say that never is our sense of the infinite and the utterly beyond so strong as it is in these works with their comparatively enclosed cosmoses ; and that is not just on the principle of infinite riches in ...
... character . Yet it is fair to say that never is our sense of the infinite and the utterly beyond so strong as it is in these works with their comparatively enclosed cosmoses ; and that is not just on the principle of infinite riches in ...
الصفحة 14
... characters . It is he who puts Galahad at the centre , in place of Perceval as in previous versions . He is responsible for the whole idea of the Grail as a test of the chivalry of Arthur's court ; he has created , in whole or in part ...
... characters . It is he who puts Galahad at the centre , in place of Perceval as in previous versions . He is responsible for the whole idea of the Grail as a test of the chivalry of Arthur's court ; he has created , in whole or in part ...
الصفحة 27
... character and even number . That is the double way his Beatrice exists too , both as herself and as God imprinted in flesh . Thus the Commedia can be at once a journey from this world to the next , a vision of Hell , Purgatory and ...
... character and even number . That is the double way his Beatrice exists too , both as herself and as God imprinted in flesh . Thus the Commedia can be at once a journey from this world to the next , a vision of Hell , Purgatory and ...
المحتوى
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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