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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.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Suggestions for Further Reading
A Note on the Texts
The Fantastic ImaginationFrom ADELA CATHCARTThe Light Princess
The Shadows
The Giant's Heart
From DEALINGS WITH THE FAIRIESCross Purposes
The Golden Key
From AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WINDLittle Daylight
Nanny's Dream
Diamond's Dream
LATER TALESThe Carasoyn
The Wise Woman, or The Lost Princess: A Double Story
The History of Photogen and Nycteris: A Day and Night Mährchen
Explanatory Notes

The Complete Fairy Tales

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A Paperback / softback by George MacDonald, U.C. Knoepflmacher, U.C. Knoepflmacher

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    Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 24/02/2000
    ISBN13: 9780140437379, 978-0140437379
    ISBN10: 0140437371

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    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.

    Table of Contents
    Introduction
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    A Note on the Texts
    The Fantastic ImaginationFrom ADELA CATHCARTThe Light Princess
    The Shadows
    The Giant's Heart
    From DEALINGS WITH THE FAIRIESCross Purposes
    The Golden Key
    From AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WINDLittle Daylight
    Nanny's Dream
    Diamond's Dream
    LATER TALESThe 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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