'She absolutely and successfully extrapolates how MacDonald used the parabolic form. Kreglinger demonstrates how as a Calvinistic Scot, as a Victorian, as a poet and theologian, George MacDonald observed this desensitization process at work in late nineteenth century Victorian society. All around an excellent study'.

• ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 George MacDonald: Poet and Theologian2 Patterns of Subversion and Promise: Jesus' Parables3 Patterns of Subversion and Promise: Romanticism4 George MacDonald Theological Rationale for Story and the "Parabolic"5 Patterns of Subversion and Promise: LilithConclusionBibliographyIndex

'She absolutely and successfully extrapolates how MacDonald used the parabolic form. Kreglinger demonstrates how as a Calvinistic Scot, as a Victorian, as a poet and theologian, George MacDonald observed this desensitization process at work in late nineteenth century Victorian society. All around an excellent study'.

• ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 George MacDonald: Poet and Theologian2 Patterns of Subversion and Promise: Jesus' Parables3 Patterns of Subversion and Promise: Romanticism4 George MacDonald Theological Rationale for Story and the "Parabolic"5 Patterns of Subversion and Promise: LilithConclusionBibliographyIndex