Author:Claire Squires Binding: Paperback ISBN: 0826417167 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
"Excellent book about Pullman and his work"
""If Squires Don't Know It, It's Not to Be Known""
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Philip Pullman's bestselling and critically acclaimed His Dark Materials trilogy has been an international success, eliciting rapturous responses from fans and critics, but also provoking critical debate and controversy.
Philip Pullman, Master Storyteller is a major study of Pullman's writing. Claire Squires, one of Pullman's most acclaimed critics, assesses the trilogy's thematic treatment of politics and science, as well as the religious controversy caused by its publication. She considers in depth Pullman's development of storytelling both as a theme and as a form of morality in the trilogy, and examines His Dark Materials' intertextuality and the ways in which it plays with genre. A lengthy biographical section develops links between Pullman the man and his writing.
The book also discusses Pullman's other books, including his two early adult novels, and the various audio, stage and film adaptations of the trilogy. In addition, it offers a survey of the reception of His Dark Materials in the media, and a comprehensive bibliography and further resources section.
Philip Pullman, Master Storyteller is an authoritative and beautifully written study that will enable fans, students and scholars alike of His Dark Materials to engage in the debate surrounding Pullman's masterwork.
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Excellent book about Pullman and his work Although this has been out for a year and there are now many other guides to Pullman and the His Dark Materials trilogy, I would say this is still the best one. Mrs Squires has done some great research into Pullman's background and early work as a writer, which means that what she says about Lyra, Will, Mrs Coulter, and everything else in the world of the trilogy is genuinely smart and well-informed. She looks at the symbolism of the books, their take on religion (Squires is not biased either way, which is... more info
"If Squires Don't Know It, It's Not to Be Known" While she never explicitly claims inside knowledge, it's plain that Claire Squires has the true gen about Philip Pullman and probably knows more about him than anybody else in the world. How did she acquire all this expertise? For in addition she is the author of a wellregarded book on Zadie Smith the author of WHITE TEETH. She answers the questions that have perplexed Pullman's readers for years, such as, why are the genders of the daemons usually the opposite of the gender of the human who owns one? And... more info
