Beyond His Dark Materials
Innocence and Experience in the Fiction of Philip Pullman
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Science Fiction
| Author: | Susan Redington Bobby | ISBN: | 9781476600819 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers | Publication: | September 18, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Susan Redington Bobby |
| ISBN: | 9781476600819 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |
| Publication: | September 18, 2012 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Beyond the His Dark Materials series lies a vast fictional realm populated by the many diverse character creations of Philip Pullman. During a more than 30-year career, Pullman has created worlds filled with quests, trials, tragedies and triumphs, and this book explores those worlds. The picture books, novellas and novels written for children, adolescents and adults are analyzed through the themes of innocence and experience. The journeys Pullman sets his characters on teach them that one must embrace change, loss and suffering to grow in wisdom and grace.
Beyond the His Dark Materials series lies a vast fictional realm populated by the many diverse character creations of Philip Pullman. During a more than 30-year career, Pullman has created worlds filled with quests, trials, tragedies and triumphs, and this book explores those worlds. The picture books, novellas and novels written for children, adolescents and adults are analyzed through the themes of innocence and experience. The journeys Pullman sets his characters on teach them that one must embrace change, loss and suffering to grow in wisdom and grace.
