03421nam 2200709Ia 450 991080870170332120200520144314.01-283-07193-297866130719341-61147-009-9(CKB)2560000000072367(EBL)683546(OCoLC)714569553(SSID)ssj0000535012(PQKBManifestationID)12179703(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000535012(PQKBWorkID)10519453(PQKB)11069677(MiAaPQ)EBC683546(Au-PeEL)EBL683546(CaPaEBR)ebr10464529(CaONFJC)MIL307193(EXLCZ)99256000000007236720110203d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Christian goddess archetype and theology in the fantasies of George MacDonald /Bonnie Gaarden1st ed.Madison [N.J.] Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ;Lanham, Md. Rowman & Littlefield20111 online resource (327 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61147-008-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Acknowledgments; Introduction: Why Goddesses?; Chapter one; The Great Mother; Chapter Two; The Terrible Mother; Chapter Three; The Magic Cauldron; Chapter four; The Muse and the Divine Child; Chapter five; The Great Goddess- The Left Hand of God; Chapter Six; Biblical Sophia; Chapter Seven; Victorian Sophia; Chapter eight; Patroness of Heroes; Chapter nine; The Kore; Conclusion: Witches and the God of Love; Notes; Works Cited; About the AuthorThe Christian Goddess examines the goddess-figures in the fantasies and fairy tales of George MacDonald. Bonnie Gaarden asserts that MacDonald, a Victorian Scot who wrote one of the first adult fantasy novels produced in English and became a powerful influence on C. S. Lewis, also 'anticipated the modern quest for the feminine face of God. ' Gaarden analyzes the feminine divinities in MacDonald's fantasy literature both as archetypes identified by Carl Jung and his followers and as emblems of MacDonald's Romantic Christian theology, which couples orthodox Trinitarianism with universalism-the bArchetype and theology in the fantasies of George MacDonaldGoddesses in literatureFemininity of God in literatureArchetype (Psychology) in literatureTheology in literatureChristian fictionHistory and criticismFantasy fiction, EnglishHistory and criticismChristianity and literatureScotlandHistory19th centuryGoddesses in literature.Femininity of God in literature.Archetype (Psychology) in literature.Theology in literature.Christian fictionHistory and criticism.Fantasy fiction, EnglishHistory and criticism.Christianity and literatureHistory823/.8Gaarden Bonnie1953-1614919MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808701703321The Christian goddess3944911UNINA