fantasia

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There, the mother darns socks and sweeps the endless dust, while the thoroughly American children daydream in midcentury fantasia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

One chapter looks at a literary example, William Wells Brown’s novel "Clotel," which is something of a fantasia on the Sally Hemings story.

From Salon • Nov. 10, 2024

What happened, of course, was this: a glittering disco-soul fantasia that still ranks as one of the greatest album openers in pop history.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2024

The thesis of “Gasoline Rainbow,” the latest cinematic fantasia from the brothers Bill and Turner Ross, is articulated in its first moments, in voice-over set atop a sunset.

From New York Times • May 9, 2024

Then came the memory of Jules playing the piano, of Rubinstein’s Romance, of the ecstasy of his fantasia: the glittering rainbows and the souls turning to angels.

From Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness A Novel by Couperus, Louis