A Dish of Orts Annotated Edition: Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare

by George MacDonald, C.M. Alvarez (Editor)

Schoppe, the satiric chorus of Jean Paul's romance of Titan, makes his appearance at a certain masked ball, carrying in front of him a glass case, in which the ball is remasked, repeated, and again reflected in a mirror behind, by a set of puppets, ludicrously aping the apery of the courtiers, whose whole life and outward manifestation was but a body-mask mechanically moved with the semblance of real life and action. The court simulates reality.

Genres: Essays, Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Grad School, Theology, Christianity

276 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1893

About the author

George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet and Christian Congregational minister. He became a pioneering figure in the field of modern fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow-writer Lewis Carroll. In addition to his fairy tales, MacDonald wrote several works of Christian theology, including several collections of sermons.