Interesting topic, Elempi.
I have very little to say because I read both those stories some time ago and don't remember either of them very well.
However, my opinion on this:
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Originally Posted by littlemanpoet
SWoM is said to be allegorical. Is that also true of Phantastes? Are there degrees of "purposed domination by the author"?
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Pop and my older sister have both read Phantastes and both like it and I am pretty sure that they both saw some sort of allegory in it, but I have to admit that it escapes me. However, I will say that I can't imagine MacDonald writing anything without some allegorical meaning to it.
Have you read Lilith,
Elempi? I think Pop and my sister liked that one even better than Phantastes.
As for me, I prefer SoWM to Phantastes, so far as I recall.
Do you think that Tolkien, as well as Lewis, learned from and used some of MacDonald's writings and teachings and lessons?
-- Folwren