Haunted Childhoods in George MacDonald

Haunted Childhoods in George MacDonald
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 231
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ISBN-13 : 9789004420618
ISBN-10 : 9004420614
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Book Synopsis Haunted Childhoods in George MacDonald by : John Patrick Pazdziora

Download or read book Haunted Childhoods in George MacDonald written by John Patrick Pazdziora and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George MacDonald is generally remembered as a benevolent preacher who wrote fairy-tale books for children. Closer reading, however, reveals one of the most startlingly inventive, slyly subversive Scottish writers of the nineteenth century. His writings for children emerged from his own long struggle with faith and doubt in the face of multiple bereavements, chronic illness, and the persistent threat of early death. Haunted Childhoods in George MacDonald reconsiders death and divine love in MacDonald’s writings for children. It examines his private letters and public sermons, obscure early writings, and most beloved stories. Setting his work alongside texts by James Hogg and Andrew Lang, it argues that MacDonald appropriated traditional Scottish folk narratives to help child readers apprehend his mystically-inclined understanding of mortality.


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