I've read MacDonald's work throughout my life, from his fairy tales and Phantastes through his realistic novels and even his sermons and essays. I hadn't read Lilith yet (I think I picked it up in a library once and was put off by the creepy atmosphere). I totally thought it was written before Phantastes, but the Internet tells me it was written ( Read more... )

This isn't going to be a long review, partly because I have other things to do this weekend (like, oh, TAXES), partly because it would take a long time for me to crystallize my feelings on a couple of revelations in this episode, but also because some other people have said what I felt better than I would have.

( I'll get one thing out of the way right here. )