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Phantastes by George MacDonald

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Author Biography

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...
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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...
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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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Phantastes Information
251 words, approx. 1 pages
Phantastes, A Faerie Romance for Men and Women is an 1858 fantasy novel written by George MacDonald. Its importance was recognized in its later revival in paperback by Ballantine Books as the fourteenth volume of the celebrated Ballantine Adult Fantasy...


News and Journals
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The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
Phillie Phantastic
06/18/1998: 1,011 words, approx. 3 pages
BOB KLAPISCH, Staff Writer The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 06-18-1998 PHILLIE PHANTASTIC -- TEANECK NATIVE BLOSSOMS PRAISE BUILDS FOR GLANVILLE By BOB KLAPISCH, Staff Writer Date: 06-18-1998, Thursday Section: SPORTS Edition: All Editions -- 2 Star B, 2 Star P, 1 Star Early Biographical:...
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Early Modern Literary Studies
Genre's "phantastical garb".(Book review)
01/01/2006: 10,658 words, approx. 36 pages
Genre's "Phantastical Garb": The Fashion of Form in Margaret Cavendish's Natures Pictures Drawn by Fancies Pencil to the Life[1] Emily Smith Emory University ebowles@learnlink.emory.edu Smith, Emily. "Genre's "Phantastical Garb": The Fashion of Form in Margaret Cavendish's Natures Pictures Drawn...


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Susan E. Howard
6,246 words, approx. 21 pages
In the following essay, Howard analyzes the role of stories in Phantastes.


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Phantastes by George MacDonald

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