ABSTRACT
In my introductory remarks and in the previous chapters, I have discussed how writers can empower and disempower fi ctive children through the use of the fantastic mode. As I have shown, Alice in Wonderland is one of the texts in which the child is threatened and humiliated. George MacDonald was one of Lewis Carroll’s contemporaries and personal friends, and their works which ostensibly address young readers have many traits in common, not least in their treatment of power positions. In this chapter, I aim to look into some strategies of alterity in MacDonald’s texts and consider the synergy of their impact on our perception.
