“Once upon a time” and “they lived happily ever after” explicitly or implicitly frame a fairy tale
and as such signal to readers that they are entering a world that is “rarely precisely fixed in …

By accessing penal history through the mediator of individual memory authors can be seen
to depict the cumulative dialogue between the English common law and its cultural …

Geoffrey Reiter t is sometimes tempting to call George MacDonald's fantasies “timeless” and
leave it at that. Such is certainly the case with MacDonald's mystical fairy tale “The Golden …

This study contrasts four distinct discursive responses to (or even accidental remarks on) the
Victorian concept of individual and/or social improvement, or progress, set forth by the …

George MacDonald's Lilith was first published in 1895, towards the end of the Victorian age
in England. The novel's entangled fictional worlds and unconventional narration has drawn …

In essence, the plot of Lilith is conveyed to the reader through the first person narration of Mr.
Vane, a young aristocrat who has inherited the mansion of his ancestors. However, near the …

Many of the characters in George MacDonald's fantasy writing, whether or not they are in his
adult or children's stories, undergo a religious expedition that is mostly configurated as a …

This thesis offers a re-evaluation of the fiction of George MacDonald (1824-1905), both
fantasy and non-fantasy. The general trend in MacDonald studies is to focus primarily on his …

ジョージ・マクドナルド (George MacDonald)(1824-1905) は自身の多くの作品において 「死」 と
「生」 を描く. ヴィクトリア朝時代の敬虔な牧師であったマクドナルドは, 神の絶対的な愛を信じ …