Rethinking George MacDonald
Maclachlan, Christopher / Pazdziora, John Patrick / Stelle, Ginger![Rethinking George MacDonald](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/189/18990344/CHSBZCOP0318990344.jpg)
George MacDonald (1824-1905) is the acknowledged forefather of later fantasy writers such as C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien: however, his place in his own time is seldom examined. This omission does MacDonald a grave disservice. By ignoring a fundamental aspect of what made MacDonald the man he was, the critical habit of viewing MacDonald's work only in terms of his followers reinforces the long-entrenched assessment that it has a limited va...