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  1. @litstudies

    RETHINKING GEORGE MACDONALD
    Contexts & Contemporaries

    16 essays on MacDonald’s place in the Victorian literary scene, his engagement with the works of his contemporaries, & his interest in the social, political, & theological movements of his age—also online via Project MUSE

    5/5

    asls.org.uk/publications/books

    #Scottish #literature #Victorian #19thCentury #fantasty #childrenslit

  2. @litstudies

    Mark Twain & George MacDonald: The Salty & the Sweet

    “Both SIR GIBBIE and HUCKLEBERRY FINN explore questions of ethics & truth through the life of an unusually bright & unusually unfortunate boy […] and they have at least twenty plot elements in common.”

    —Kathryn Lindskoog explores the connections between the works of George MacDonald & Mark Twain.

    3/5

    discovery.org/a/853/

    #Scottish #literature #Victorian #19thCentury #fantasty #childrenslit #Twain #MarkTwain

  3. @litstudies

    “If we think about how women are portrayed in [MacDonald’s] fiction, we can see that women are shown to, repeatedly, rescue men. Men are taught by women, challenged by women, and also challenged to think about women in different ways.”

    —An interview with Dr Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson on George MacDonald’s life & work.

    2/5

    radixmagazine.com/2021/11/09/i

    #Scottish #literature #Victorian #19thCentury #fantasty #childrenslit

  4. George MacDonald (1824–1905) was born #OTD, 10 Dec. One of the earliest theorists of the fantastic, & grandfather of modern fantasy literature, he was read & admired by CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien & Madeleine L’Engle, among others

    @litstudies

    🎨 : Cecilia Harrison (1863–1941)

    🧵 1/5

    nationalgalleries.org/art-and-

    #Scottish #literature #Victorian #19thCentury #fantasty #childrenslit #CSLewis #Tolkien

  5. @litstudies

    RETHINKING GEORGE MACDONALD
    Contexts & Contemporaries

    16 essays on MacDonald’s place in the Victorian literary scene, his engagement with the works of his contemporaries, & his interest in the social, political, & theological movements of his age—also online via Project MUSE

    5/5

    asls.org.uk/publications/books

    #Scottish #literature #Victorian #19thCentury #fantasty #childrenslit

  6. @litstudies

    Mark Twain & George MacDonald: The Salty & the Sweet

    “Both SIR GIBBIE and HUCKLEBERRY FINN explore questions of ethics & truth through the life of an unusually bright & unusually unfortunate boy […] and they have at least twenty plot elements in common.”

    —Kathryn Lindskoog explores the connections between the works of George MacDonald & Mark Twain.

    3/5

    discovery.org/a/853/

    #Scottish #literature #Victorian #19thCentury #fantasty #childrenslit #MarkTwain

  7. @litstudies

    George MacDonald: A Life of Relationships

    “If we think about how women are portrayed in [MacDonald’s] fiction, we can see that women are shown to, repeatedly, rescue men. Men are taught by women, challenged by women, and also challenged to think about women in different ways.”

    —An interview with Dr Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson on George MacDonald’s life & work.

    radixmagazine.com/2021/11/09/i

    #Scottish #literature #Victorian #19thCentury #fantasty #childrenslit

  8. George MacDonald (1824–1905) was born #OTD, 10 Dec. One of the earliest theorists of the fantastic, & grandfather of modern fantasy literature, he was read & admired by CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien & Madeleine L’Engle, among others

    @litstudies

    🎨 : Cecilia Harrison (1863–1941)

    🧵 1/5

    nationalgalleries.org/art-and-

    #Scottish #literature #Victorian #19thCentury #fantasty #childrenslit #CSLewis #Tolkien