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| GEORGE MACDONALD:
LITERARY HERITAGE AND HEIRS |
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It has been 15 years since
Roderick McGillis edited For
the Childlike, a landmark
collection of essays about
George MacDonald’s writings.
This latest collection of 14
essays sets a new standard that
will influence scholars for many
more years. George MacDonald
experts are increasingly
evaluating his entire corpus
within the nineteenth century
context. This volume provides
further evidence that MacDonald
will eventually emerge from the
restrictive and somewhat
misleading reputation of being
C.S. Lewis’ spiritual “master.”
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| EVER YOURS,
GEORGE MACDONALD |
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| George MacDonald
(1824-1905) is best known for
his "wonder-stories"
including The Golden Key
and children's books such as At
The Back of the North Wind
. G.K. Chesterton called MacDonald's
The Princes and the Goblin
"the one book that made the difference
to my whole existence." C.S. Lewis
and J.R.R. Tolkien were influenced
by MacDonald's writing and even
the anti-Christian writer Phillip
Pullman writes of MacDonald with
respect. MacDonald authored 49
books in his lifetime – novels,
sermons, poetry, literary criticism,
and fantasy stories. This CD is
the most complete collection available
with files of 48 books in both
PDF and MS Word format. You can
read more about George MacDonald
on
The Golden Key website. |
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| WHO KILLED
ALBUS DUMBLEDORE? |
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Six fan-theorists
attempt to unravel the clues of
THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE. Joyce Odell
of Red Hen Productions, Daniella
Teo of Mugglenet, Sally M. Gallo
of The Leaky Cauldron, Wendy B.
Harte and the mysterious "Swythyv"
- along with editor, John Granger
(author of Hidden Key to Harry
Potter, etc.)- provide Harry Potter
readers with exciting and insightful
ideas of what happened and what
will happen based on their close
reading of the texts ... ideas
that will challenge and engage
readers everywhere. Professor
Vincent Kling (of LaSalle University)
writes: " there's plenty
here to satisfy advanced devotees,
and while the speculation turns
on smallish points at times, you
can be certain that the issues
are never picayune . . . If you're
past the introductory phases of
what's too lightly called fandom,
you will treasure this book."
Based on a close reading of the
text these essays offer reasonable
possibilities based on the evidence.
For a look at the table of contents,
back cover and reader reviews
check out the
Amazon
listing.
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| EVER YOURS,
GEORGE MACDONALD |
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| George MacDonald
(1824-1905) is best known for
his "wonder-stories"
including The Golden Key
and children's books such as At
The Back of the North Wind
. G.K. Chesterton called MacDonald's
The Princes and the Goblin
"the one book that made the difference
to my whole existence." C.S. Lewis
and J.R.R. Tolkien were influenced
by MacDonald's writing and even
the anti-Christian writer Phillip
Pullman writes of MacDonald with
respect. MacDonald authored 49
books in his lifetime – novels,
sermons, poetry, literary criticism,
and fantasy stories. This CD is
the most complete collection available
with files of 48 books in both
PDF and MS Word format. You can
read more about George MacDonald
on
The Golden Key website. |
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| UNLOCKING HARRY
POTTER |
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| Unlocking
Harry Potter offers the serious
reader five keys to open the text
of the best selling books and
reveal why they are so popular.
Ranging from the familiar Hero's
Journey to the esoteric symbols
of Literary Alchemy in Harry Potter,
Unlocking is a delightful explanation
and exploration of the qualities
in Ms. Rowling's work that resonate
with the spirit of our times and
those that transcend it. The five
keys Granger discusses are narrative
misdirection , how the point-of-view
shapes our understanding (and
mis-understanding) of what happens,
literary alchemy, the historical
language of personal transformation, postmodern themes, how Ms. Rowling
is writing the epic of our
politically correct times, hero's
journey, the repeated elements
that
give each book its structure and
narrative drive, and traditional
symbolism, the iconographic use of images and events to transcend
the
world in story. No serious fan
of Harry Potter, no serious reader
of
great fiction, will want to miss
the Hogwarts Professor's unlocking
of
Ms. Rowling's wonderful stories. |
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| THE HIDDEN
KEY TO HARRY POTTER |
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| Now
available for $14.99 - order
from our shopping cart and have
it autographed |
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| The novel
approach of The Hidden Key to
Harry Potter is to take Harry
Potter seriously as literature
and explore the meaning of the
series' structure, themes, and
symbolism as one would Shakespeare
or Dickens. Mr. Granger begins
by examining the themes of prejudice,
death and bereavement, choice,
and need change. Next he guides
the reader to an understanding
of why conventional interpretations
are insufficient, and why these
stories (and their power) only
make sense when viewed from a
symbolist vantage point. Hidden
Key includes rich exegesis of
the Harry
Potter books' formulas, influences
and themes. Even fans who have
read
the books several times will be
astonished at the layers of traditional
Christian imagery and meaning
revealed in Hidden Key: from the Resurrection Journey that Harry
takes every year at Hogwarts to
the alchemical substances represented
by each character, from the symbols
of unicorn, phoenix, and philosopher's
stone to the psychology of
Harry's trials and purification. |
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