George MacDonald (10th December 1824 – 18th September 1905) was a Scottish author, poet and Christian Congregational minister. He became a pioneering figure in the field of modern fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow-writer Lewis Carroll.
C. S. Lewis gave the highest praise of George MacDonald, claiming that his novel, Phantastes, baptised his imagination. Lewis assembled an anthology of quotations from MacDonald’s work, and in the Preface claims that he never wrote a book in which he did not draw from MacDonald.
Podcasts
- Making Friends with George MacDonald
- Pints With Jack
- Season 5
- Season 7 (“MacDonald Month”)
- S7E32 – “George’s Story”, After Hours with Joyce McPherson
- S7E33 – “George’s Theology”, After Hours with Dr. Kerry Dearborn
- S7E34 – “George’s Fairy Tales”, After Hours with Dr. Danny Gabelman
- S7E35 – “ George’s Music”, After Hours with Dr. Amanda Vernon
- S7E36 – “In an Age of Miracles”, After Hours with Dr. Timothy Larsen
- S7E37 – “Reading George”, After Hours with Jess Lederman
- S7E38 – “George’s Anthology (Part I)”, After Hours with Dr. Kirsten Jeffrey Johnson
- S7E39 – “George’s Anthology (Part II)”
- The Wade Center Podcast