The Complete Fairy Tales

Informationen zum Autor George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a minister who was rejected by his congregation, and struggled thereafter to support his family of eleven children by writing. In his own day he was celebrated as poet, preacher, and lecturer, and as the author of numerous novels. He is best known today for his vivid children's stories. U. C. Knoepflmacher has published widely on children's literature and the Victorian period. Klappentext George MacDonald occupied a major position in the intellectual life of his Victorian contemporaries. This volume brings together all eleven of his shorter fairy stories as well as his essay "The Fantastic Imagination". The subjects are those of traditional fantasy: good and wicked fairies, children embarking on elaborate quests, and journeys into unsettling dreamworlds. Within this familiar imaginative landscape, his children's stories were profoundly experimental, questioning the association of childhood with purity and innocence, and the need to separate fairy tale wonder from adult scepticism and disbelief. Zusammenfassung Brings together eleven of the author's shorter fairy stories as well as his essay "The Fantastic Imagination". This title includes fairy stories that range from traditional fantasy - good and wicked fairies, children embarking on elaborate quests, and journeys into unsettling dream worlds. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Suggestions for Further Reading A Note on the Texts The Fantastic Imagination From ADELA CATHCART The Light Princess The Shadows The Giant's Heart From DEALINGS WITH THE FAIRIES Cross Purposes The Golden Key From AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND Little Daylight Nanny's Dream Diamond's Dream LATER TALES The Carasoyn The Wise Woman, or The Lost Princess: A Double Story The History of Photogen and Nycteris: A Day and Night Mährchen Explanatory Notes...

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• Authors: U. C. Knoepflmacher, U.C. Knoepflmacher, George MacDonald, MacDonald George
• Assisted by: U. C. Knoepflmacher (Editor), U.C. Knoepflmacher (Editor), U.C. Knoepflmacher (Introduction)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.02.2000
• EAN: 9780140437379
• ISBN: 978-0-14-043737-9
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Literary essays, Classic fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction: literary and general