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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.




Table of Contents

Introduction: It Starts With Doors

Chapter One: Bridges to Fantasy: Neverwhere and Genre

Chapter Two: “Mind the Gap”: Neverwhere, Language, and Intertextuality

Chapter Three:“Falling Through the Cracks”: Neverwhere as Social Commentary

Chapter Four: Fidelity and Innovation: Adaptation, Transmediality, and the Neverwhere Megatext

Chapter Five: The Key

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Interview with Neil Gaiman

A Critical Companion to Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere

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      Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland AG
      Published 2 June 2023
      ISBN-13 9783030964603
      978-3030964603
      ISBN-10 3030964604
      Also in:
      ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Entertainment Performing arts

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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.




      Table of Contents

      Introduction: It Starts With Doors

      Chapter One: Bridges to Fantasy: Neverwhere and Genre

      Chapter Two: “Mind the Gap”: Neverwhere, Language, and Intertextuality

      Chapter Three:“Falling Through the Cracks”: Neverwhere as Social Commentary

      Chapter Four: Fidelity and Innovation: Adaptation, Transmediality, and the Neverwhere Megatext

      Chapter Five: The Key

      Recommended Reading

      Interview with Neil Gaiman

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