Fantasy, art and life
Subtitle: essays on George MacDonald, Robert Louis Stevenson, and other fantasy writers
By: by William Gray
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars; Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
ISBN-13: 9781443828994
Subjects: English Fantasy fiction; History and criticism; Scottish Fantasy fiction
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-149) and index.
Table of contents: title: The life-giving power of fantasy : narrative as therapy in George MacDonald's Adela Cathcart; title: "The child in the midst" : childhood and salvation history in fantasy fiction by MacDonald, Lewis and Pullman; title: Making sense of the ending : the problem of George MacDonald's Litith; title: Untrue to life? : the theological use of caricature by MacDonald, Lewis, Pullman and Gaiman; title: "Out of everywhere into here" : romanticism, ecrocriticism and children's literature; title: Pan and the open road : Stevenson on nature and the environment; title: Art and the trauma of life in Stevenson's The wrecker; title: The uncanniest Scot? :  Stevenson, Scottish folklore and dark fantasy.