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Fantasy And The Tradition Of Christian Art, Gene Edward Veith
Fantasy And The Tradition Of Christian Art, Gene Edward Veith
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Argues that “Christianity [...] was instrumental in making fantasy literature conceptually possible” by undermining “the principle of art as mimesis”—through the Hebraic injunction against idols and the Christian view of pagan myths as untrue but acceptable as “aesthetically delightful.”