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Book Review – Phantastes

February 21, 2010   ·   Video Book Reviews   ·     ·  

Very impacting book I just finished reading. This video is long and a bit rambly, and doesn’t really do it justice. Worth a watch anyway.

The book:
http://historyofideas.org/toc/modeng/public/MacPhan.html

More info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantastes
http://www.amazon.com/Phantastes-George-MacDonald/dp/0802860605

My blog:
http://undercoveragent.lifewithchrist.org

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  1. xcoleman on October 20th, 2008 5:16 pm

    It looks like a skunk dropped his toupee onto your head.

    Looks cool though.

  2. newmannoggs on October 20th, 2008 5:16 pm

    good review mate. re: the poetic feeling of the book-it was indeed macdonald’s first published prose work and the man himself once referred to prose as ‘broken down poetry’. as for the bits of poetry actually in the book, i don’t remember them that well (i have the same edition as you and the poetry is in VERY small print, so it was hard to concentrate on.) Anyway, the story itself is stunning, but probably needs more than once reading because its initial impact is almost entirely emotional.

  3. whyteay on October 20th, 2008 5:16 pm

    I see. Your pronunc. would seem the correct one then. He wrote another book called ‘Lillith’ which is supposed to be good but difficult to get hold of.

  4. undercoveragent832 on October 20th, 2008 5:16 pm

    fantast |?fan?tast| (also phantast)
    noun
    an impractical, impulsive person; a dreamer.
    ORIGIN late 16th cent.: originally via medieval Latin from Greek phantast?s boaster, from phantazein or phantazesthai (see fantastic ); in modern use from German Phantast.

  5. undercoveragent832 on October 20th, 2008 5:16 pm

    I guess are valid – it would depend on whether it follows the French or the Greek. If you find out, let me know.

  6. whyteay on October 20th, 2008 5:16 pm

    Is it pronounced ‘phantastss’ as here, or ‘phantast-ees’, I don’t know..

  7. AwokenSpirit on October 20th, 2008 5:16 pm

    Thank you for doing this book review. George Macdonald was a wonderful man and a great author.

  8. OneWayRawk on October 20th, 2008 5:16 pm

    Awesome book—maybe one of the best fiction that I have ever read to be honest with you—

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