The Complete Fairy Tales

George MacDonald, U.C. Knoepflmacher, U.C. Knoepflmacher , U.C. Knoepflmacher

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Penguin Classics
03 November 1999

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.

By: George MacDonald
Notes by: U.C. Knoepflmacher
Introduction by: U.C. Knoepflmacher
Edited by: U.C. Knoepflmacher
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 195mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 305g
ISBN: 9780140437379
ISBN 10: 0140437371
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 03 November 1999
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

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.