Author Last Name,
Author First Name,
Pages,
Binding,
ISBN 10,
ISBN 13,
Condition,
Publisher,
Date Published,
Genre,
Specifications
Author Last Name:
MacDonald
Author First Name:
George
Pages:
384
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN 10:
0140437371
ISBN 13:
9780140437379
Condition:
New
Publisher:
Penguin Classics
Date Published:
9/1/1999
Genre:
Mythology
Description
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.
