The fairy-tale literature of Charles Dickens, Christina Rossetti, and George MacDonald : antidotes to the Victorian spiritual crisis

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The fairy-tale literature of Charles Dickens, Christina Rossetti, and George MacDonald : antidotes to the Victorian spiritual crisis

Cynthia DeMarcus Manson ; with a foreword by Jerome Meckier

Edwin Mellen Press, c2008

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-134) and index

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Description

Despite growing scholarly recognition of subversive social and political content in Victorian fairy tales, their significance in relation to the oft-cited Victorian 'spiritual crisis' remains largely unexplored. This interdisciplinary study addresses the critical gap by examining three literary revisions of "Sleeping Beauty" from the early 1860s as pointed efforts to enter the intensified religious debate following the publication of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of the Species".

Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. Fairy Tales and the Victorian Spiritual Crisis
  • 2. Charles Dickens: Shattering the Iconic: Sleeping Beauty in Great Expectations
  • 3. Christina Rossetti: Revitalizing the Christ Story in "Goblin Market"
  • 4. George MacDonald: Narcissism in FairyLand, or "The Light Princess" in Us All
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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