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| Name: |
George MacDonald | | Birth Date: |
December 10, 1824 | | Death Date: |
January 17, 1902 | | Place of Birth: |
Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland | | Place of Death: |
Ashstead, Surrey, England | | Nationality: |
British | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
Writer |
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 Biography of George MacDonald
6277 words, approx. 20.9 pages
 During the mid-to late-Victorian period, George MacDonald was a public personality and a well-known literary figure. Leading critical journals printed long articles on his work; in 1869 the London Quarterly Review called him "one of the most popular auth... summary from source:
Biography of George MacDonald
5349 words, approx. 17.8 pages
Any study that seeks to trace the influences of English and European romanticism in "mythopoeic" fantasy must turn to the works of the Scottish author George MacDonald. He was a contemporary of Lewis Carroll (MacDonald's children read "Alice's Adventures... summary from source:
 Biography of George MacDonald
2386 words, approx. 8 pages
George MacDonald is remembered as one of the founding fathers of modern fantasy. Although he wrote many different kinds of books, including realistic novels, poetry, sermons, and literary criticism, his imaginative fairy tales of growth and redemption we...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Lilith Information
542 words, approx. 2 pages
 Lilith, written by the father of fantasy literature, George MacDonald, was first published in 1895. Its importance was recognized in its later revival in paperback by Ballantine Books as the fifth volume of the celebrated Ballantine Adult Fantasy series...
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 Forward A Look At Lilith
01/06/2006: 541 words, approx. 2 pages Weiss, Anthony Forward 01-06-2006 Editor-in-chief Susan Weidman Schneider estimates that when she and the other founders of Lilith magazine set out to create the first Jewish feminist magazine, there were two women rabbis in the country and a shelf of all the books... summary from source:
Free Thought Today Lilith in the Library
01/01/2003: 311 words, approx. 1 pages "Lilith," pictured with her maker Norman B. LeClair (left), now graces the office library of the Freedom From Religion Foundation in Madison, Wis. "Lilith, as you know, was Adam's first wife," Norm notes. "But she was strong and independent with a mind of... summary from source:
 The New York Observer Can Martha Graham Be Kept Alive?
9/18/2007: 753 words, approx. 3 pagesFor those of us who care about Martha Graham, it’s been a bumpy ride. I got on board in 1958, the year of Graham’s full-evening dance-drama Clytemnestra, the first work of hers I ever saw. To some Graham purists it was suspect—“a bit Hollywood,” as... summary from source:
AP News Vega's new disc highlights native NYC
7/5/2007: 981 words, approx. 3 pagesAs Suzanne Vega and her husband listened to Bob Dylan's "Modern Times" disc recently, her 13-year-old daughter popped her head into the living room. She wondered why she'd been hearing the same voice for half an hour."What are you doing?" she asked.Listening to an album....
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Robert Lee Wolff
13,884 words, approx. 46 pages
In the following essay, Wolff discusses the events in MacDonald's life that led up to his writing of Lilith.
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Critical Essay by Rolland Hein
9,532 words, approx. 32 pages
In the following essay, Hein examines MacDonald's theological beliefs as they are expressed in Lilith.
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Critical Essay by Karen Schaafsma
4,786 words, approx. 16 pages
In the following essay, Schaafsma includes MacDonald's fiction in a discussion of the role of the archetypical Lilith character in fantasy literature.
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