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Prickett counters the prevailing notion that fantasy reacted to Victorian cultural repressions.... this book [will] continue to be read, in this revised edition. Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. --CHOICE
Victorian Fantasy is one of the few critical works which has lasted, deservedly, for twenty five years. Here in its reappearance in an expanded second edition, it once again takes fantasy beyond the easy evasions of a merely comfortable "alternative," out to the very limits of imaginative thought and belief. The new work provided here, in particular on the still neglected genius of George MacDonald, confirms Victorian Fantasy both book and subject as serious exploration and powerful experiment. --Philip Davis, University of Liverpool
A new and expanded edition of Prickett's Victorian Fantasy is indeed welcome. This book remains the most authoritative study of the literary counter culture of Victorian literature. Prickett convincingly connects writers from Walpole to Kipling and Nesbit to a tradition that sees fantasy as a matter of utmost importance to the spirit and its connection to reality. --Roderick McGillis, Professor of English, University of Calgary
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