Talk:George MacDonald

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[edit] Proper capitalization of MacDonald

Mac-D-onald, not Macdonald please.

In The Great Divorce, C.S. Lewis spells it Macdonald, although I agree that that is likely unusual. Snowboardpunk

[edit] Scottish Romantic?

Shouldn't George MacDonald be added to the list of Scottish Romantics? I'm not too sure about it, so I would appreciate any feedback on this... --84.160.137.171 22:29, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

No, Romantics came slightly before MacDonald's era. He was more of a Victorian Author, like his friend Lewis Carroll. Puddyglum 16:41, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
I take it back, he may be considered a Scottish Romantic, but I'm not an expert one way or another. I just did some research an found that MacDonald's religious views and writing styles are difficult to label. I personally think he was Victorian, based on the years he wrote, and the fact that he was influenced by some Romantics, but wrote beyond their approach. Puddyglum 16:50, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Denomination

He is categorized as a Christian, but what is his denomination? Pictureuploader 16:03, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

He was Congregationalist by education, Calvinist by upbringing, but more what is modernly considered non-denominational..

"MacDonald had come to the conviction early in his education that it was possible for everyone to attain salvation, in contrast to the Calvinist teachings of election that he had grown up with; this view was seen as subversive, which made it difficult for him to find employment as a minister in any 19th-century denomination (Knowles and Malmkjær 164)."

http://www.northern.edu/hastingw/light_princess.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by Puddyglum (talk • contribs) 23:06, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Older edits

This sentence is rough, so I'm getting rid of it as well as bringing a little bit more clarity to the description of MacDonald's religious thought: "Yet he is emphasizing the divine providence very much." Gabriel2000

A person can not be cremated and buried. Presumably it was his ashes that were interred at Bordighera. 81.77.221.116 15:41, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Partial list of works"

The "partial list of works" is actually quite long. I propose that we cut it down to the twenty-or-so most important works and spinoff the rest into a separate article to be entitled List of George MacDonald's works. Any thoughts? ---RepublicanJacobiteThe'FortyFive' 23:48, 1 February 2008 (UTC)