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- Publisher: Penguin USA
- ISBN: 0140437371
- WAPI (Tower ID): 100539413
- Release Date: December 1, 1999
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #227597 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "The Complete Fairy Tales" by George MacDonald and U. C. Knoepflmacher to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "The Complete Fairy Tales"Browse more products related to "George MacDonald and U. C. Knoepflmacher"Publisher's noteGeorge MacDonald occupied a major position in the intellectual life of his Victorian contemporaries, and his dazzling fairy tales earned him the admiration of such twentieth-century writers as C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and W. H. Auden. Employing paradox, play, and nonsense, like Lewis Carroll's Alice books, MacDonald's fairy tales offer an elusive yet meaningful alternative order to the dubious certitudes of everyday life. The Complete Fairy Tales brings together all eleven of George MacDonald's shorter fairy tales, including "The Light Princess" and "The Golden Key, " as well as his essay "The Fantastic Imagination." The subjects are those of traditional fantasy: fairies good and wicked, children embarking on elaborate quests, journeys into unsettling dreamworlds, life-risking labors undertaken. Though they allude to familiar tales such as "Sleeping Beauty" and "Jack the Giant-Killer, " MacDonald's stories are profoundly experimental and subversive. By questioning the concept that a childhood associated with purity, innocence, and fairy-tale "wonder" ought to be segregated from adult skepticism and disbelief, they invite adult readers to adopt the same elasticity and open-mindedness that come so naturally to a child. If You Enjoy "The Complete Fairy Tales (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "The Complete Fairy Tales (Paperback)" by George MacDonald (Author) and ...There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Short Stories (single author) Bestsellers
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