Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials: A Multiple Allegory
Attacking Religious Superstition in the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Paradise Lost
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Word Count
84,500 words, Guess
Page Count
338 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archivephilippullmanshi0000whea
- ISBN-101591025893
- ISBN-139781591025894
- Goodreads866252
- LibraryThing5032159
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- Library of Congress Control Number2007027085
- OCLC Control Number152580912
- Better World Books9781591025894
- Open LibraryOL12371877M
Classifications
- LCCPR6066.U44 Z96 2008
- LCCPR6066
Description
Wheat demonstrates how Pullman retells two prominent works of British literature--C. S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and John Milton's Paradise Lost. Pullman's aim is to counter Lewis's pro-Christian allegory with his own anti-Christian allegory. Pullman does this in his second allegory by turning Paradise Lost upside down. Satan and his daughter, Sin, along with Adam's murderous son Cain, become heroes; God and Jesus become villains. This retold story depicts our society's warfare between knowledge (symbolized by Dust) and religious superstitions (symbolized by Specters). Pullman adds an original third hidden story featuring Christian missionaries, Charles Darwin, agnostics, and atheists. Wheat's intriguing interpretation of Pullman's work is the first to point out the many allegorical features of His Dark Materials and to highlight the ingenious ways in which Pullman subtly attacks religious institutions and superstitions.
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