Title: A Foreboding of Paganism in Christian England
Product review: Lord Dunsany was one of a handful of early (pre-Tolkien) fantasy authors (George MacDonald and William Morris are two other important ones), whose poetic, evocative writing sets him apart. In "The Blessing of Pan" Dunsany tells of a village clergyman's struggle with an insidious encroachment of Paganism. It reads more like a Victorian novel (Dickens or Charlotte Bronte) than a horror novel - it's very homey, but with a sense if foreboding. It kind of reminded me of the movie The Wicker Man, in the way the Christian protagonist was faced with the (to him) unthinkable appearance of paganism in his comfortable Christian world. An excellent and well-executed book, but don't expect wild action.
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