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Thoughts on George Macdonald?

>George MacDonald (10 December 1824 – 18 September 1905) was a Scottish author, poet and Christian minister. He was a pioneering figure in the field of modern fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll

>His writings have been cited as a major literary influence by many notable authors including Lewis Carroll, W. H. Auden, David Lindsay,[1] J. M. Barrie, Lord Dunsany, Elizabeth Yates, Oswald Chambers, Mark Twain, Hope Mirrlees, Robert E. Howard[citation needed], L. Frank Baum, T.H. White, Richard Adams, Lloyd Alexander, Hilaire Belloc, G.K. Chesterton, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien,[2] Walter de la Mare,[3] E. Nesbit, Peter S. Beagle, Neil Gaiman and Madeleine L'Engle.[2]

>influenced Lewis Carroll, W. H. Auden, David Lindsay, J. M. Barrie, Lord Dunsany, Elizabeth Yates, Oswald Chambers, Mark Twain, Hope Mirrlees, Robert E. Howard, L. Frank Baum, T.H. White, Richard Adams, Lloyd Alexander, Hilaire Belloc, G.K. Chesterton, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Walter de la Mare, E. Nesbit, Peter S. Beagle, and Neil Gaiman
>never discussed on here

Why?

Is George MacDonald the father of modern fantasy literature?

>>12536303
>tfw you will never be Zeus-mode

>>8626626
> almost single-handedly birthed the modern fantasy genre.
>>8626626
who was the big guy that got him preggers?
George MacDonald is the actual father of the modern fantasy genre.
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_MacDonald
Both Tolkien and C.S.Lewis acknowledged huge debts to him.

Make it after MacDonald then.