A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare

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*This Publication Contains a Detailed Table of Contents for Easy Navigation.*

CONTENTS: The imagination: its functions and its culture -- A sketch of individual development -- St. George's Day, 1564 -- The art of Shakespeare, as revealed by himself -- The elder Hamlet -- On Polish -- Browning's "Christmas Eve" -- "Essays on some of the forms of literature" -- "The history and heroes of medicine" -- Wordsworth's poetry -- Shelley -- A sermon -- True Christian ministering -- The fantastic imagination.

About the Author

George MacDonald (10 December 1824 - 18 September 1905) was a Scottish author, poet and Christian minister. He was a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll. His writings have been cited as a major literary influence by many notable authors, including W. H. Auden, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Walter de la Mare, E. Nesbit and Madeleine L'Engle. C. S. Lewis wrote that he regarded MacDonald as his "master."