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...

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...

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...

Identity thieves continue to have access to Social Security numbers on public documents despite federal efforts to protect that information, according to a congressional report.The Government Accountability Office said the problem has been complicated by the recent practice of state and local record keepers of...

A judge dismissed an assault complaint Tuesday against a handyman once investigated in the deaths of four prostitutes after another woman who accused him of trying to strangle her failed to show up in court.But it turns out she had a good reason: She was...

Hugh Auslander met Kim Raffo when they were teenagers in Brooklyn. They moved to Florida, got married and had two children. Auslander worked as a carpenter, while his wife took care of the kids and volunteered with the Girl Scouts and the school PTA.But a...

In the following essay, Marshall discusses the ways in which MacDonald's pilgrimage plot contributes to the loose form of “The Golden Key.”