Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials stands as a landmark in fantasy literature. Comprised of the novels The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass, the award-winning epic trilogy has been adapted for radio, stage, and film in both Britain and the United States, though it remains controversial for its negative depiction of religion. Herein, scholars from various literary, philosophical, and theatrical fields explore His Dark Materials, addressing numerous topics relevant to reading, studying and understanding the work, including its basis in Milton's Paradise Lost; the…mehr
Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials stands as a landmark in fantasy literature. Comprised of the novels The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass, the award-winning epic trilogy has been adapted for radio, stage, and film in both Britain and the United States, though it remains controversial for its negative depiction of religion. Herein, scholars from various literary, philosophical, and theatrical fields explore His Dark Materials, addressing numerous topics relevant to reading, studying and understanding the work, including its basis in Milton's Paradise Lost; the influence of science fiction on the series; issues of social class, religion, sexuality, and gender; postcolonial perspectives; and recent stage productions.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Steven Barfield is joint editor of Critical Engagements, the journal of the UK Network for Modern Fiction Studies, and a member of the editorial board for the on-line journal, Literary London: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Representation of London. Katharine Cox is a Professor in English at Bournemouth University where she is head of the Department of Humanities and Law.
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Table of Contents Introduction KATHARINE COX I. ADVERSARIES AND INFLUENCES 1. Recasting John Milton's Paradise Lost: Intertextuality, Storytelling and Music RACHEL FALCONER 2. "When I Grow Up I Want to Be...": Conceptualization of the Hero Within the Works of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and Philip Pullman PHIL CARDEW 3. Constructions of the Child, Authority and Authorship: The Reception of C.S Lewis and Philip Pullman ELISABETH ELDRIDGE 4. "Dark Materials to Create More Worlds": Considering His Dark Materials as Science Fiction STEVEN BARFIELD II. TRADITIONS AND LEGACIES 5. Revitalizing the Old Machines of a Neo-Victorian London: Reading the Cultural Transformations of Steampunk and Victoriana STEVEN BARFIELD and MARTYN COLEBROOK 6. Revisiting the Colonial: Victorian Orphans and Postcolonial Perspectives LAURA PETERS 7. Exploring and Challenging the Lapsarian World of Young Adult Literature: Femininity, Shame, the Gyptians, andSocial Class NICOLA ALLEN 8. "Imagine Dust with a Capital Letter": Interpreting the Social and Cultural Contexts for Philip Pullman's Transformation of Dust KATHARINE COX III. RELIGION, SEXUALITY AND GENDER 9. The Man Who Walked with God: Phillip Pullman's Metatron, the Biblical Enoch, and the Apocrypha JOHN HAYDN BAKER 10. The Republic of Heaven: East, West and Eclecticism in Pullman's Religious Vision J'ANNINE JOBLING 11. "Walking into Mortal Sin": Lyra, the Fall, and Sexuality TOMMY HALSDORF 12. Becoming Human: Desire and the Gendered Subject SARAH GAMBLE 13. After the Fall: Queer Heterotopias SALLY R. MUNT IV. DRAMATIZING HIS DARK MATERIALS 14. Staging the Impossible: Severance and Separation in the National Theatre's Adaptation PATRICK DUGGAN 15. Staging and Performing His Dark Materials: From the National Theatre Productions to Subsequent Productions KARIAN SCHUITEMA Bibliography About the Contributors Index
Table of Contents Introduction KATHARINE COX I. ADVERSARIES AND INFLUENCES 1. Recasting John Milton's Paradise Lost: Intertextuality, Storytelling and Music RACHEL FALCONER 2. "When I Grow Up I Want to Be...": Conceptualization of the Hero Within the Works of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and Philip Pullman PHIL CARDEW 3. Constructions of the Child, Authority and Authorship: The Reception of C.S Lewis and Philip Pullman ELISABETH ELDRIDGE 4. "Dark Materials to Create More Worlds": Considering His Dark Materials as Science Fiction STEVEN BARFIELD II. TRADITIONS AND LEGACIES 5. Revitalizing the Old Machines of a Neo-Victorian London: Reading the Cultural Transformations of Steampunk and Victoriana STEVEN BARFIELD and MARTYN COLEBROOK 6. Revisiting the Colonial: Victorian Orphans and Postcolonial Perspectives LAURA PETERS 7. Exploring and Challenging the Lapsarian World of Young Adult Literature: Femininity, Shame, the Gyptians, andSocial Class NICOLA ALLEN 8. "Imagine Dust with a Capital Letter": Interpreting the Social and Cultural Contexts for Philip Pullman's Transformation of Dust KATHARINE COX III. RELIGION, SEXUALITY AND GENDER 9. The Man Who Walked with God: Phillip Pullman's Metatron, the Biblical Enoch, and the Apocrypha JOHN HAYDN BAKER 10. The Republic of Heaven: East, West and Eclecticism in Pullman's Religious Vision J'ANNINE JOBLING 11. "Walking into Mortal Sin": Lyra, the Fall, and Sexuality TOMMY HALSDORF 12. Becoming Human: Desire and the Gendered Subject SARAH GAMBLE 13. After the Fall: Queer Heterotopias SALLY R. MUNT IV. DRAMATIZING HIS DARK MATERIALS 14. Staging the Impossible: Severance and Separation in the National Theatre's Adaptation PATRICK DUGGAN 15. Staging and Performing His Dark Materials: From the National Theatre Productions to Subsequent Productions KARIAN SCHUITEMA Bibliography About the Contributors Index
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