George MacDonald (1824–1905) was born #OTD, 10 Dec. Seen by many as the forefather of modern #fantasy fiction, he was a huge influence on later writers including JRR #Tolkien & #CSLewis
“The sheer imaginative force of LILITH makes nonsense of our everyday notions of ‘good writing’. MacDonald aims not to make us read, but to make us dream”
David Melville Wingrove on LILITH, MacDonald’s last – & very strange – major work
@simonvarwell@scotlit@litstudies Surprised you didn't get The Princess & the Goblin/ The Princess & Curdie as a child. Somewhat "old fashioned" (ie rich) language, but no more so than other "classics" such as E. Nesbit etc. & the social attitudes have held up better than most.
RETHINKING GEORGE MACDONALD: 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
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