"La princesse et le gobelin est un roman fantastique pour enfants de George MacDonald. Il a �t� publi� en 1872 par Strahan & Co. Anne Thaxter Eaton �crit dans A Critical History of Children's Literature que La princesse et le gobelin et sa suite sugg�rent tranquillement dans chaque incident des id�es de courage et d'honneur. Jeffrey Holdaway, dans le New Zealand Art Monthly, a d�clar� que les deux livres commencent comme des contes de f�es normaux mais deviennent lentement plus �tranges, et qu'ils contiennent des couches de symbolisme similaire � celui du travail de Lewis Carroll "
George MacDonald 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. G. K. Chesterton cited The Princess and the Goblin as a book that had "made a difference to my whole existence."
Even Mark Twain, who initially disliked MacDonald, became friends with him, and there is some evidence that Twain was influenced by MacDonald.
MacDonald grew up influenced by his Congregational Church, with an atmosphere of Calvinism. But MacDonald never felt comfortable with some aspects of Calvinist doctrine; indeed, legend has it that when the doctrine of predestination was first explained to him, he burst into tears (although assured that he was one of the elect). Later novels, such as Robert Falconer and Lilith, show a distaste for the idea that God's electing love is limited to some and denied to others.
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