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Book SynopsisFantasy 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 ContentsIntroduction: 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
