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littlemanpoet · 10-03-2006, 06:05 PM

SWoM is said to be allegorical. Is that also true of Phantastes? Are there degrees of "purposed domination by the author"?

The story can be found here (thanks to Lal): Phantastes

10-03-2006, 06:05 PM	#6
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	SWoM is said to be allegorical. Is that also true of Phantastes? Are there degrees of "purposed domination by the author"? The story can be found here (thanks to Lal): Phantastes Last edited by littlemanpoet; 10-03-2006 at 06:14 PM.