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mossyforest's review
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This is a fantastic collection of academic essays about Philip Pullman’s books. It contains essays on a wide verity of subjects, mostly centering on this books place in the fantasy genre or it’s relationship with religion.
His Dark Materials Trilogy remain my favorite books of all time no matter how much I reread them or over analyse them, in fact, they just get better. Pullman’s writing is so meticulous and precise and his ideas so thoroughly thought out that weather you agree with his opinion or not there is plenty of food for thought in his books.
The essays in this collection are all well written and researched with plenty of food notes and bibliography and go on to discuss ideas which I would never have come across otherwise. I am not an English Literature or a Philosophy student so I sound some of the essays challenging to follow but in the best kind of way.
The most fascinating part about the trilogy for me has always been it’s discussion about religion, ever since my minister recommended The Northern Lights when I was about 12 (no, you didn’t hear me wrong). I found all of the essays dealing with these subjects to be excellent especially the one about Feminist Theology.
This book is not for the casual reader or even for every die hard fan, but I would recommend it to anyone wishing to think much deeper about these books and who is up to the challenge.
His Dark Materials Trilogy remain my favorite books of all time no matter how much I reread them or over analyse them, in fact, they just get better. Pullman’s writing is so meticulous and precise and his ideas so thoroughly thought out that weather you agree with his opinion or not there is plenty of food for thought in his books.
The essays in this collection are all well written and researched with plenty of food notes and bibliography and go on to discuss ideas which I would never have come across otherwise. I am not an English Literature or a Philosophy student so I sound some of the essays challenging to follow but in the best kind of way.
The most fascinating part about the trilogy for me has always been it’s discussion about religion, ever since my minister recommended The Northern Lights when I was about 12 (no, you didn’t hear me wrong). I found all of the essays dealing with these subjects to be excellent especially the one about Feminist Theology.
This book is not for the casual reader or even for every die hard fan, but I would recommend it to anyone wishing to think much deeper about these books and who is up to the challenge.
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