A Dish of Orts. Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakspere

by George MacDonald

Publisher:

Sampson Low, Marston & Company

, 1895

Overview

Despite the self-deprecating title MacDonald assigned to this work, A Dish of Orts presents pieces of wisdom on the arts and the human imagination from one of the nineteenth century’s greatest sages. MacDonald provides unique perspectives on Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Wordsworth’s poetry, the imagination, and the Christian ministry.

Product Details

• Title: A Dish of Orts. Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakspere
• Author: George MacDonald
• Edition: Enlarged Edition
• Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston & Company
• Print Publication Date: 1895
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 › Criticism and interpretation; Literature › History and criticism
• Resource ID: LLS:WRKSGRGMCDNLD23
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-12T00:17:27Z

About George MacDonald

George MacDonald (10 December 1824 – 18 September 1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. Known particularly for his poignant fairy tales and fantasy novels, George MacDonald inspired many authors, such as W. H. Auden, J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, E. Nesbit and Madeleine L’Engle. It was C.S. Lewis who wrote that he regarded MacDonald as his “master”: “Picking up a copy of Phantastes one day at a train-station bookstall, I began to read.