Fantasy, art and life : essays on George MacDonald, Robert Louis Stevenson, and other fantasy writers / by William Gray.

Author: Gray, William, 1952-

Imprint:Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2011.

Descriptionviii, 155 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Note:The life-giving power of fantasy : narrative as therapy in George MacDonald's Adela Cathcart -- "The child in the midst" : childhood and salvation history in fantasy fiction by MacDonald, Lewis and Pullman -- Making sense of the ending : the problem of George MacDonald's Litith -- Untrue to life? : the theological use of caricature by MacDonald, Lewis, Pullman and Gaiman -- "Out of everywhere into here" : romanticism, ecrocriticism and children's literature -- Pan and the open road : Stevenson on nature and the environment -- Art and the trauma of life in Stevenson's The wrecker -- The uncanniest Scot? : Stevenson, Scottish folklore and dark fantasy.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-149) and index.

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