I am thus not only aware but glad of the etymological and semantic connexions of fantasy with fantastic: with images of things that are not only not actually present, but which are indeed not to be found in our primary world at all, or are generally believed not to be found there. But while admitting that, I do not assent to the depreciative tone. That the images are of things not in the primary world (if that indeed is possible) is a virtue, not a vice. Fantasy (in this sense) is, I think, not a lower but a higher form of Art, indeed the most nearly pure form, and so (when achieved) the most potent.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 21:20:44 +0000
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