Cosmic and psychological redemption in George MacDonald's Lilith.(Critical Essay)

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From: Studies in the Novel
Date: 20050322
Author:Gaarden, Bonnie

George MacDonald, Scottish Victorian author, wrote the first fantasy novels for adults in English. He dedicated himself to literature after failing as a Congregational minister, ultimately producing over fifty books--novels, fairy tales for children, poetry, sermons, literary criticism. His writing never gained him more fortune than was barely adequate to support his large family, but it did yield fame enough for him to move in a circle of eminent contemporaries: Charles Kingsley, Matthew Arnold, Henry Crabb Robinson, John Ruskin, Lewis Carroll, and the Rossettis were just some of ...

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