George MacDonald

Broschiertes Buch

Rampoli

Poems From Mainly German

Herausgeber: Appleby, Carol

Beschreibung

GEORGE MACDONALD RAMPOLI: POEMS FROM MAINLY GERMAN Edited by Carol Appleby This collection of mainly German poets includes giants such as Schiller, Goethe, Heine, Novalis, Petrarch and Milton. George MacDonald is one of the great translators of poetry, as Novalis' 'Hymns To the Night' (printed in its entirety) shows here. Scottish fantasist George MacDonald (1824-95) included Lewis Carroll and John Ruskin among his literary friends. His well-known works were Phantastes (1858), Lilith (1895), Bannerman's Boyhood and the Curdie children's stories: The Princess and the Goblin (1872) and The Princess and Curdie (1882). MacDonald's books were a significant influence on both J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. Illustrated. 148 pages. www.crmoon.com

Autor

George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian Congregational clergyman. He established himself as a pioneering figure in modern fantasy writing and mentored fellow writer Lewis Carroll. In addition to his fairy stories, MacDonald wrote various works on Christian theology, including sermon collections. George MacDonald was born on December 10, 1824 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. His father, a farmer, descended from the Clan MacDonald of Glen Coe and was a direct descendant of one of the families killed in the 1692 massacre. MacDonald was raised in an exceptionally literary household: one of his maternal uncles was a renowned Celtic scholar, editor of the Gaelic Highland Dictionary, and collector of fairy stories and Celtic oral poetry. His paternal grandfather had helped to publish an edition of James Macpherson's Ossian, a contentious epic poem based on the Fenian Cycle of Celtic Mythology that contributed to the birth of European Romanticism. MacDonald's step-uncle was a Shakespeare scholar, while his paternal cousin was also a Celtic intellectual.

Produktdetails

• British Poets
• Verlag: Crescent Moon Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 232g
• ISBN-13: 9781861716897
• ISBN-10: 1861716893
• Artikelnr.: 49639349