George Macdonald's children's fantasies and the divine imagination /

"The great Victorian Christian author George MacDonald is the wellspring of the modern fantasy genre. In this book Colin Manlove offers explorations of MacDonald's eight shorter fairy tales and his longer stories At the Back of the North Wind, The Princess and the Goblin, The Wise Woman, a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Manlove, C. N. (Colin Nicholas), 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom : The Lutterworth Press, 2020.
Subjects:
MacDonald, George, > 1824-1905 > Criticism and interpretation.
MacDonald, George, > 1824-1905
Children's stories, Scottish > History and criticism.
Fantasy fiction, Scottish > History and criticism.
Fairy tales > History and criticism.
Imagination > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Contes de fées > Histoire et critique.
Imagination > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Children's stories, Scottish
Fairy tales
Fantasy fiction, Scottish
Imagination > Religious aspects > Christianity
Literary criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • MacDonald's shorter fairy tales : The various imagination
  • At the back of the north wind (1870) : The imagination in the world
  • The princess and the goblin (1872) : The imagination in the self
  • The wise woman (1875) : The imagination against the self
  • The princess and Curdie (1882) : The imagination against the world
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Appendix C: Summary of criticism of The Wise Woman.

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