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The Fairy Tale World of George MacDonald
Published on 18. December 2018
142 pages
978-1-5326-4383-5 (ISBN)
Description
George MacDonald wrote fairy tales for both children and adults to demonstrate the essential role of the imagination in apprehending spiritual truths. He explained: ". . . undefined, yet vivid visions of something beyond, something which eye has not seen nor ear heard, have far more influence than any logical sequences whereby the same things may be demonstrated to the intellect." Rolland Hein undertakes to show how MacDonald's tales contain such visions, helping readers to experience for themselves glimpses of "something beyond" and catch exciting insights into eternal truths.
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Rolland Hein is Emeritus Professor of English at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. He is the author of The Harmony Within: The Spiritual Vision of George MacDonald, George MacDonald: Victorian Mythmaker, Through the Year with George MacDonald, Christian Mythmakers, and Growing with My Garden.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Phantastes
- Chapter 2: The Light Princess
- Chapter 3: The Princess and the Goblin
- Chapter 4: The Princess and Curdie
- Chapter 5: The Wise Woman, or A Double Story
- Chapter 6: At the Back of the North Wind
- Chapter 7: The Golden Key
- Chapter 8: Lilith
- Bibliography
