The fairy-tale literature of Charles Dickens, Christina Rossetti, and George MacDonald
Subtitle: antidotes to the Victorian spiritual crisis
By: Cynthia DeMarcus Manson ; with a foreword by Jerome Meckier.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lewiston, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780773451025
Subjects: Dickens, Charles, -- 1812-1870; Rossetti, Christina Georgina, -- 1830-1894; MacDonald, George, -- 1824-1905; Fairy tales -- Great Britain -- History and criticism; English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Sleeping Beauty (Tale) -- Adaptations -- History and criticism; Symbolism in fairy tales; Religion and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Christianity and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Spirituality in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Fairy tales and the Victorian spiritual crisis; title: Charles Dickens: shattering the iconic Sleeping Beauty in Great expectations; title: Christina Rossetti: revitalizing the Christ story in "Goblin market"; title: George MacDonald: narcissism in fairyland, or "The light princess" in us all.