Author Last Name,
Author First Name,
Pages,
Binding,
Edition,
ISBN 10,
ISBN 13,
Condition,
Publisher,
Date Published,
Specifications
Author Last Name:
MacDonald
Author First Name:
George
Pages:
197
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
15th ptg.
ISBN 10:
0802860605
ISBN 13:
9780802860606
Condition:
New
Publisher:
Eerdmans
Date Published:
1/1/0001
Genre:
Mythology
Description
introduction By C. S. Lewisin October 1857, George Macdonald Wrote What He Described As A Kind Of Fairy Tale, In The Hope That It Will Pay Me Better Than The More Evidently Serious Work. This Was phantastes one Of Macdonald's Most Important Works; A Work Which So Overwhelmed C. S. Lewis That A Few Hours After He Began Reading It He Knew He Had Crossed A Great Frontier.the Book Is About The Narrator's (anodos) Dream-like Adventures In Fairyland, Where He Confronts Tree-spirits And The Shadow, Sojourns To The Palace Of The Fairy Queen, And Searches For The Spirit Of The Earth. The Tale Is Vintage Macdonald, Conveying A Profound Sadness And A Poignant Longing For Death.