The Cambridge Companion to George MacDonald
Will be published approx. on 31. December 2026
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Paperback/Softback
316 pages
978-1-009-50337-2 (ISBN)
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George MacDonald (1824-1905) remains one of the most persistently read and beloved of the Victorians. His fairy tales and children's books have delighted generations of young readers, while his sermons, essays, and poems still offer startling insights to life and literature. He has increasingly been recognised as one of Scotland's most important nineteenth-century novelists. Here, seventeen new essays from an international, diverse group of scholars illuminate the crucial aspects of MacDonald's remarkable, varied works. The chapters are organised around MacDonald's life, major genres, and central themes, and provide clear points of entry for students, researchers, and curious readers. For readers approaching MacDonald's works for the first time and for those renewing a long acquaintance, The Cambridge Companion to George MacDonald is an indispensable guide. With a foreword by Malcom Guite and an afterword by Roderick McGillis.
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Cambridge
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978-1-009-50337-2 (9781009503372)
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Daniel Gabelman | John Patrick Pazdziora
The Cambridge Companion to George MacDonald
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approx. 12/2026
Cambridge University Press
€103.50
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Persons
Daniel Gabelman is the author of George MacDonald: Divine Carelessness and Fairytale Levity (2013; Mythopoeic Award finalist), co-author, with Jeremiah Romano Mercurio, of two Cambridge Elements on nineteenth-century doodling (The Form and Theory of Literary Doodling and History and Contexts of Literary Doodling, Cambridge University Press, 2025 and 2026 respectively), and co-editor of Unsaying the Commonplace: George MacDonald and the Critique of Victorian Convention (2024). He is also Chair of the George MacDonald Society. John Patrick Pazdziora is Associate Professor in the Department of English at Aoyama Gakuin University. He researches Scottish literature in the long nineteenth century, with emphasis on the interplay between literature and theology. He is the author of Haunted Childhoods in George MacDonald (2020) and editor of Christianity in Scottish Literature (2023).
Content
Foreword Malcolm Guite; Introduction Daniel Gabelman and John Patrick Pazdziora; Part I. Contexts: 1. Scotland David Robb; 2. Childhood Yuko Tanaka; 3. Literary influences John Pennington; 4. Among the Victorians Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson; Part II. Genres: 5. Children's literature Jean Webb; 6. Fairy tales Daniel Gabelman; 7. Gothic Alison Milbank; 8. Fantasy novels John Patrick Pazdziora; 9. English novels Tabitha Sparks; 10. Scottish novels Benjamine Toussaint; 11. Poetry Joshua Richards; 12. Sermons John McNeill; 13. Literary criticism Amanda B. Vernon; Part III. Themes: 14. Science Franziska E. Kohlt; 15. Theology Justin Ariel Bailey; 16. The Inklings Crystal l. Downing; 17. Dreams Brian Attebery; Afterword Roderick McGillis.