The Fairy-tale Literature of Charles Dickens, Christina Rossetti, and George MacDonald: Antidotes to the Victorian Spiritual Crisis
- ISBN-10
- 0773451021
- ISBN-13
- 9780773451025
- Category
- Fiction / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
- Pages
- 148
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Edwin Mellen Press
- Author
- Cynthia Manson
Description
Despite growing scholary recognition of subversive social and political content in Victorian fairy tails,their significance in relation to the oft-cited Victorian "spiritual crisis" remains largely unexplored.
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