Weinstock A Critical Companion to Neil Gaiman's "Neverwhere"

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-030-96458-0
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 96 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Palgrave Science Fiction and Fantasy: A New Canon

Fantasy author Neil Gaiman’s 1996 novel Neverwhere is not just a marvelous self-contained novel, but a terrifically useful text for introducing students to fantasy as a genre and issues of adaptation. Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock’s briskly written A Critical Companion to Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere offers an introduction to the work; situates it in relation to the fantasy genre, with attention in particular to the Hero’s Journey, urban fantasy, word play, social critique, and contemporary fantasy trends; and explores it as a case study in transmedial adaptation. The study ends with an interview with Neil Gaiman that addresses the novel and a bibliography of scholarly works on Gaiman.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weinstock, Jeffrey Andrew

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: It Starts With Doors.- 2. Bridges to Fantasy: Neverwhere and Genre.- 3. “Mind the Gap”: Neverwhere , Language and Intertextuality.- 4. “Falling Through the Cracks”: Neverwhere as Social Commentary.- 5. Fidelity and Innovation: Adaptation, Transmediality, and the Neverwhere Megatext.- 6. The Key.

Über Autor(innen)

Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock is Professor of English at Central Michigan University, USA, and an Associate Editor for The Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts . He is the author or editor of 26 books and almost 100 essays and book chapters on fantasy, horror, science fiction, and American literature and culture. Visit him at JeffreyAndrewWeinstock.com.