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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc Allegories |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Wheat, Leonard F., 1931- Philip Pullman's His dark materials--a multiple allegory. Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2008 (OCoLC)608419368 |
Named Person: | Philip Pullman; Philip Pullman; C S Lewis; John Milton; Clive S Lewis; John Milton |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Leonard F Wheat |
ISBN: | 9781591025894 1591025893 |
OCLC Number: | 152580912 |
Description: | 338 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Pullman's surface story -- The lion, the witch and the wardrobe: C.S. Lewis's story and his allegory -- The lion, the witch and the wardrobe retold: Pullman's allegory -- Paradise lost retold: the hidden story and its themes -- Paradise lost retold: setting, characters, and events -- Missionaries, Darwin and conclusions. |
Responsibility: | Leonard F. Wheat. |
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Abstract:
Demonstrates how Pullman retells two prominent works of British literature - C S Lewis' "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" and John Milton's "Paradise Lost". This book says that Pullman's aim is to counter Lewis' pro-Christian allegory with his own anti-Christian allegory.
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- Pullman, Philip, -- 1946- -- His dark materials.
- Young adult fiction, English -- History and criticism.
- Fantasy fiction, English -- History and criticism.
- Allegory.
- Pullman, Philip, -- 1946-. -- Mörka materientrilogin.
- Lewis, C. S. -- (Clive Staples), -- 1898-1963. -- Narniaböckerna.
- Milton, John, -- 1608-1674 -- Paradise lost.
- Allégorie.
- His dark materials (Pullman, Philip)
- Fantasy fiction, English.
- Young adult fiction, English.
- Rezeption
- Religion i litteraturen.
- Lewis, Clive S. -- Lion, the witch and the wardrobe.
- Milton, John. -- Paradise lost.
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