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Lilith
A Victorian Theological Fantasy of Haunted Portals, Dreamlike Underworlds, Christian Mysticism, and Spiritual Redemption
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Sharp Ink Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: EGY3E6Y
EAN: 9788028358181
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Zustellung: Mi, 02.09.2026
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Beschreibung
George MacDonald's Lilith (1895) is a visionary fantasy of spiritual crisis, following Mr. Vane as he enters a mysterious otherworld where death, sleep, repentance, and rebirth assume symbolic form. Rich in biblical allusion, dream logic, and Gothic atmosphere, the novel resists conventional plot in favor of allegorical revelation. Its prose moves between stark moral inquiry and luminous mythopoeic imagery, placing it within the nineteenth-century tradition of Christian Romanticism while anticipating the metaphysical fantasies of C. S. Lewis and modern speculative literature. MacDonald, a Scottish minister, poet, and novelist, brought to fiction a theology shaped by universal hope, moral transformation, and the imagination as a vehicle of divine truth. His departure from stricter Calvinist doctrines and his lifelong engagement with suffering, fatherhood, and spiritual discipline inform Lilith's demanding vision of surrender. The book's strange beauty reflects an author for whom fantasy was not escape but a mode of profound religious and psychological exploration. Lilith is recommended to readers drawn to symbolic fantasy, theological fiction, and literature that challenges as much as it enchants. It rewards patience, inviting reflection on freedom, pride, love, and redemption.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- George MacDonald
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2023
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 164