- 200 pages
- English
- PDF
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Philip Pullman
About this book
Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy is a worldwide classic of modern literature for both children and adults. Challenging in its intellectual scope, ambitious scale and range of literary reference, it is also hugely controversial due to its critique of organised religion. This collection of original essays by an international team of distinguished scholars assesses Pullman's achievement and introduces readers to some of the key debates surrounding His Dark Materials. Covering topics such as religion, gender, childhood and scientific enquiry, the volume also discusses the Hollywood film of the first book and features a new interview with Pullman himself.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Philip Pullman's 'Religious Reaction against Religion' in His Dark Materials
- 2 Pullman, the Idea of Soul, and Multimodal 'Seeability' in Northern Lights and the film The Golden Compass
- 3 The Pursuit of Knowledge: Scientific Enquiry in His Dark Materials
- 4 The Controversialist: Philip Pullman's Secular Humanism and Responses to His Dark Materials
- 5 Bearly Conscious? Deconstructing Pullman's Postmodern Marionettes
- 6 'Without Contraries is No Progression': Romantic Constructions of Childhood and Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials
- 7 Representations of Gender in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy
- 8 Persephone Ascending: Goddess Archetypes and Lyra's Journey to Wholeness
- 9 Interview with Philip Pullman
- Selected Bibliography and Further Reading
- Index