Unsaying the Commonplace:
George MacDonald and the Critique of Victorian Convention
“What a book! The ten essays, plus Introduction, in this book are masterful: erudite, insightful, thorough, and even playful. They give us a view of MacDonald we have not previously experienced, showing the unity of his various writerly enterprises: poetry, essays, sermons, realistic fiction, and fantasy. They also demonstrate just how radical MacDonald’s work is, its challenge to easy certainties and conventional thought. In short, this is the best book of essays we have on MacDonald, exceeding the several that have preceded it. This book is indispensable.”
“Unsaying the Commonplace has found the golden key for George MacDonald studies. Scholarship on the Scottish author is currently entering a golden age and this collection dazzles with its newfound brilliance.”
“The essays gathered in this collection rightly reveal George MacDonald as a thoughtful and engaged social critic, alive to the cultural questions of his day. Its tri-disciplinary framework of culture, literature, and theology provides understanding of the intellectual ecologies that nurtured MacDonald, while offering real insight into his works.”