Reading Anodos' journey through faerie land is like being immersed in someone's beautiful, rambling, half-understood dream. George MacDonald uses a bewildering profusion of symbols, allegory, and good old-fashioned fairy tale ingredients to ponder the nature of /5(38). · Phantastes. George MacDonald’s first major fiction work, in his words “a sort of fairy tale for grown people,” Phantastes was published in by Smith, Elder Co., London. This unusual fantasy, subtitled A Fairie Romance, is one of MacDonald’s most mysterious and esoteric titles. One of the first great works of nineteenth-century fantasy fiction, Phantastesinspired many of the great Christian and fantasy authors of the twentieth century. A fairy tale for adults, it is the captivating story of a wealthy young man who takes an unplanned journey into a fantastic nether world/5(45).
Phantastes Quotes Showing of "It is by loving, and not by being loved, that one can come nearest the soul of another; yea, that, where two love, it is the loving of each other, that originates and perfects and assures their blessedness. I knew that love gives to him that loveth, power over over any soul be loved, even if that soul. Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women () by Scottish author George MacDonald follows a young man learning valuable lessons in a fantasy world then coming to terms with www.doorway.ruald was heavily influenced by the Romantic movement, especially by William Blake and Percy Bysshe Shelley. A former priest, MacDonald was "fired" for his belief in universalism, i.e. that everyone. Phantastes. MacDonald, George. Published by Smith, Elder and Co, London, MacDonald's faerie romance was aimed at an adult audience. The similarities between MacDonald and Lewis Carroll, who published Alice in Wonderland eight years later abound, culminating with Carroll asking MacDonald and his wife to read the draft of Alice. About.
Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women () by Scottish author George MacDonald follows a young man learning valuable lessons in a fantasy world then coming to terms with reality. MacDonald was heavily influenced by the Romantic movement, especially by William Blake and Percy Bysshe Shelley. A former priest, MacDonald was “fired” for his belief in universalism, i.e. that everyone will be saved despite the domination of their faith. MacDonald, George, Title: Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women Language: English: LoC Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature: Subject: Fantasy fiction Category: Text: EBook-No. Release Date: : Copyright Status: Public domain in the USA. Downloads: downloads in the last 30 days. Project Gutenberg books are always free!. Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women is a fantasy novel by Scottish writer George MacDonald, first published in London in It was later reprinted in paperback by Ballantine Books as the fourteenth volume of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in April The story centres on the character Anodos ("pathless", or "ascent" in Greek) and takes its inspiration from German Romanticism, particularly Novalis.
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