Rooted Deep: Discovering the Literary Identity of Mythopoeic Fantasist George Macdonald

Rooted Deep: Discovering the Literary Identity of Mythopoeic Fantasist George Macdonald

This paper is a conversational reassessment of George MacDonald, the Victorian fantasist who so profoundly shaped such writers as C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Primary research challenges the common portrayal of MacDonald as an accidental novelist, revealing instead his clear trajectory and vocatio...

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Main Author:	Jeffrey Johnson Kirstin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Press 2014-12-01
Series:	Linguaculture
Subjects:	George MacDonald Mythopoeic Fantasy Imagination Tolkien CS Lewis AJ Scott English Literature Barfield Sidney Dante
Online Access:	http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/lincu.2014.2014.issue-2/lincu-2015-0027/lincu-2015-0027.xml?format=INT

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