The complete fairy tales
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New York : Penguin Books, 1999.
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Published
New York : Penguin Books, 1999.
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Book
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xxvi, 354 pages ; 20 cm.
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English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. xxi-xxiii)
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"George MacDonald occupied a major position in the intellectual life of his Victorian contemporaries. The Complete Fairy Tales brings together all eleven of his shorter fairy stories as well as his essay "The Fantastic Imagination." The subjects are those of traditional fantasy: fairies good and wicked, and children journeying into unsettling dreamworlds or undertaking life-risking labors. But though they allude to familiar tales such as "Sleeping Beauty" and "Jack the Giant-Killer," MacDonald's stories are profoundly experimental and subversive. By questioning the concept that a childhood associated with purity, innocence, and fairy-tale "wonder" ought to be segregated from adult skepticism and disbelief, they invite adult readers to adopt the same elasticity and open-mindedness that come so naturally to a child. Enlisting paradox, play, and nonsense much like Lewis Carroll's Alice books, these fictions challenge us to question and rethink our assumptions, and offer an elusive yet meaningful alternative order to the dubious certitudes of everyday life.";Jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
MacDonald, G., & Knoepflmacher, U. C. (1999). The complete fairy tales . Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)MacDonald, George, 1824-1905 and U. C. Knoepflmacher. 1999. The Complete Fairy Tales. Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)MacDonald, George, 1824-1905 and U. C. Knoepflmacher. The Complete Fairy Tales Penguin Books, 1999.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)MacDonald, George, and U. C Knoepflmacher. The Complete Fairy Tales Penguin Books, 1999.
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