Philip Pullman: Darkness Visible; Inside the World of Philip Pullman

by Nicholas Tucker

• ISBN13: 9780743498197
• ISBN10: 0743498194
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2004-11-30
• Publisher: I Books

Summary

DARKNESS VISIBLE is both a celebration of Philip Pullman and a unique guide to the rich world of his fiction. It looks at the spectrum of his work-from the flamboyant Sally Lockhart series, and the award winning CLOCKWORK and I WAS A RAT!, to his epic

Author Biography

Nicholas Tucker was first a teacher and then an educational psychologist before becoming Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Community Studies at the University of Sussex

Table of Contents

Philip Pullman	1	(28)
The Sally Lockhart Novels	29	(24)
Other Stories	53	(34)
Introduction	55	(2)
Illustrated Fiction	57	(19)
Longer Novels	76	(11)
His Dark Materials	87	(100)
The Stories	89	(16)
Northern Lights	92	(5)
The Subtle Knife	97	(3)
The Amber Spyglass	100	(5)
Will and Lyra	105	(15)
Will and Lyra as heroes	112	(8)
Science and Religion	120	(32)
Knowing your enemy: Lyra and Will versus the Church	120	(11)
Parallel worlds	131	(2)
What is Dust?	133	(8)
Dæmons	141	(5)
Lord Asriel and Mrs Coulter	146	(6)
Influences and Comparisons	152	(15)
John Milton	152	(4)
William Blake	156	(2)
Heinrich von Kleist	158	(3)
Pullman, C.S. Lewis and growing up	161	(6)
Pullman's Philosophy	167	(10)
Conclusion	177	(10)
Bibliography	187	(8)
Books by Philip Pullman	189	(1)
Plays	190	(1)
Secondary Sources	191	(4)
Appendix	195
On the Marionette Theatre	197