Paperback. George MacDonalds Victorian fairy tales transformed the genre of fantasy. His work also shaped the next generation of childrens literature: C.S. Lewis regarded MacDonald as a major influence, and writers as diverse as G.K. Chesterton and W.H. Auden acknowledged his significance. His best known story for children, The Princess and the Goblin, tells the story of a lonely child princess and her friend, a brave miner boy, in their battle with subterranean monsters. But MacDonald engages readers with more than the plot: enigmatic narrative asides and simple, but strikingly poetic language show why his work was an inspiration for modernist writers as well as those in fantasy and childrens literature. George MacDonalds sophisticated Victorian fairy tale is accompanied in this edition by related stories, literary criticism, and reviews. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: The Princess and the Goblin (Paperback)
Publisher: Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough
Publication Date: 2014
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1554810078
ISBN 13: 9781554810079
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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George MacDonald’s Victorian fairy tales transformed the genre of fantasy. His work also shaped the next generation of both children’s literature and modernism: C.S. Lewis regarded MacDonald as a major influence, and writers as diverse as G.K Chesterton and W.H. Auden acknowledged his significance. His best known story for children, The Princess and the Goblin, tells the story of a lonely child princess and her friend, a brave miner boy, in their battle with subterranean monsters.

Along with The Princess and the Goblin, this edition includes four other major fairy stories by MacDonald, as well as a selection of historical documents on the works’ composition and reception, Victorian fairy tales, and MacDonald’s literary criticism.

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Shelley King is Professor and Head of the Department of English at Queen’s University.

John Pierce is Professor of English at Queen’s University.

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