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, h...
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Although George MacDonald began his literary career as a poet and considered poetry to be the highest literary calling, he made his mark in Victorian literature as a novelist and fantasist. In his own...
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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 Qua...
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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 ...
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In the following essay, Marshall discusses the ways in which MacDonald's pilgrimage plot contributes to the loose form of “The Golden Key.”
“The Golden Key” is re...
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Madrid (dpa) - Spain's King Juan Carlos and Saudi Arabia's King
Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud on Tuesday presented a joint fund for
investments in infrastructure and energ...
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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 Accou...
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BAGHDAD, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri
al-Maliki hailed the release of 450 detainees from U.S.
detention centres on Thursday and urged them to help improve
security in the country. T...
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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...
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Madrid (dpa) - Spain's King Juan Carlos on Tuesday stressed the
need for international anti-terrorist cooperation to Libyan leader
Moamer Gaddafi, who was concluding his fir...
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Madrid (dpa) - Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi on Tuesday joined
Spain's King Juan Carlos in condemning terrorism, which he described
as being the same everywhere.
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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...
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