Considered George MacDonald's greatest work, Lilith (1895) is among the most popular and profound fantasy novels of the Victorian era. This collection of critical essays is the first book-length study of this important literary work. The selections function in working dialogue with one another, driven by the central idea of liminality in fantasy literature. In addition to providing fresh interpretations of the novel, these essays implement esteemed background scholarship on Lilith, including that of notable author C.S. Lewis. Analytical topics include MacDonald's rhetorical strategy as a…mehr
Considered George MacDonald's greatest work, Lilith (1895) is among the most popular and profound fantasy novels of the Victorian era. This collection of critical essays is the first book-length study of this important literary work. The selections function in working dialogue with one another, driven by the central idea of liminality in fantasy literature. In addition to providing fresh interpretations of the novel, these essays implement esteemed background scholarship on Lilith, including that of notable author C.S. Lewis. Analytical topics include MacDonald's rhetorical strategy as a writer of prose romance, the implications of the novel's famous "endless ending," and the significance of Lilith in the development of modern fantasy.
Lucas H. Harriman lives in Davie, Florida, and is pursuing doctoral work at the University of Miami.
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Table of Contents Introduction 1. Liminality in Lilith ROBERT A. COLLINS 2. Liminality and the Everyday in Lilith TOM SHIPPEY 3. Lilith, Textuality, and the Rhetoric of Romance MICHAEL MENDELSON 4. Myth, Mysticism, and Magic: Reading at the Close of Lilith VERLYN FLIEGER 5. The Logic of Fantasy and the Crisis of Closure in Lilith COLIN MANLOVE 6. The Demoness and the Grail: Deciphering Lilith JEANNE MURRAY WALKER 7. A Fresh Look at Lilith's Perplexing Dimensions ROLLAND HEIN 8. Collins Agonistes; or, Why Did I Bother To? ROGER C. SCHLOBIN 9. The Revelatory Potential of Lilith's Immanent Eternity LUCAS H. HARRIMAN 10. Frustrated Interpretation in Lilith JOHN PENNINGTON 11. Liminality as Psychic Stage in Lilith RODERICK MCGILLIS 12. Cosmic and Psychological Redemption in Lilith BONNIE GAARDEN 13. Lilith as the Mystic's Magnum Opus ELIZABETH ROBINSON 14. Chiasmatic Christianity: Lilith's Sense of an Ending KELLY SEARSMITH 15. The (As Yet) Endless Ending of Lilith DAVID M. MILLER About the Contributors Index
Table of Contents Introduction 1. Liminality in Lilith ROBERT A. COLLINS 2. Liminality and the Everyday in Lilith TOM SHIPPEY 3. Lilith, Textuality, and the Rhetoric of Romance MICHAEL MENDELSON 4. Myth, Mysticism, and Magic: Reading at the Close of Lilith VERLYN FLIEGER 5. The Logic of Fantasy and the Crisis of Closure in Lilith COLIN MANLOVE 6. The Demoness and the Grail: Deciphering Lilith JEANNE MURRAY WALKER 7. A Fresh Look at Lilith's Perplexing Dimensions ROLLAND HEIN 8. Collins Agonistes; or, Why Did I Bother To? ROGER C. SCHLOBIN 9. The Revelatory Potential of Lilith's Immanent Eternity LUCAS H. HARRIMAN 10. Frustrated Interpretation in Lilith JOHN PENNINGTON 11. Liminality as Psychic Stage in Lilith RODERICK MCGILLIS 12. Cosmic and Psychological Redemption in Lilith BONNIE GAARDEN 13. Lilith as the Mystic's Magnum Opus ELIZABETH ROBINSON 14. Chiasmatic Christianity: Lilith's Sense of an Ending KELLY SEARSMITH 15. The (As Yet) Endless Ending of Lilith DAVID M. MILLER About the Contributors Index
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