The Complete Fairy Tales

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Complete Fairy Tales
Authors and Contributors      By (author) George MacDonald
Edited by U.C. Knoepflmacher
Introduction by U.C. Knoepflmacher
Notes by U.C. Knoepflmacher
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:384
Dimensions(mm): Height 197,Width 130
Category/GenreLiterary essays
Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780140437379
ClassificationsDewey:823.8
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Classics
Publication Date 24 February 2000
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

George MacDonald occupied a major position in the intellectual life of his Victorian contemporaries. This volume brings together all eleven of his shorter fairy stories as well as his essay "The Fantastic Imagination". The subjects are those of traditional fantasy- good and wicked fairies, children embarking on elaborate quests, and journeys into unsettling dreamworlds. Within this familiar imaginative landscape, his children's stories were profoundly experimental, questioning the association of childhood with purity and innocence, and the need to separate fairy tale wonder from adult scepticism and disbelief.

Author Biography

George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a minister who was rejected by his congregation, and struggled thereafter to support his family of eleven children by writing. In his own day he was celebrated as poet, preacher, and lecturer, and as the author of numerous novels. He is best known today for his vivid children's stories. U. C. Knoepflmacher has published widely on children's literature and the Victorian period.