Description |
xiii, 186 pages ; 23 cm. |
ISBN |
9781137336798 hardback |
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9781137336767 paperback |
Contents |
Introduction / Tommy Halsdorf and Catherine Butler -- Philip Pullman's 'religious reaction against religion' in His dark materials / Pat Pinsent -- Pullman, the idea of soul, and multimodal 'seeability' in Northern lights and the film The golden compass / Rosemary Ross Johnston -- The pursuit of knowledge: scientific enquiry in His dark materials / Alison Waller -- The controversialist: Philip Pullman's secular humanism and responses to His dark materials / Naomi Wood -- Bearly conscious?: deconstructing Pullman's postmodern marionettes / Andrew M. Butler -- 'Without contraries is no progression': romantic constructions of childhood and Philip Pullman's 'His dark materials' / Keith O'Sullivan -- Representations of gender in Philip Pullman's His dark materials trilogy / Tommy Halsdorf -- Persephone ascending: goddess archetypes and Lyra's journey to wholeness / Susan Redington Bobby -- Interview with Philip Pullman / Philip Pullman, with Tommy Halsdorf and Catherine Butler. |
Series |
New casebooks (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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Library Class |
823.914
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Subject |
Pullman, Philip, 1946- His dark materials.
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Children's stories, English -- 21st century -- History and criticism.
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Other Author |
Butler, Catherine, 1963- editor.
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Halsdorf, Tommy, editor.
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Alt Title |
His dark materials
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