{"product_id":"deciphering-good-omens-9781476681641","title":"Deciphering Good Omens","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Based on the novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, the Amazon Prime series, \u003ci\u003eGood Omens\u003c\/i\u003e, quickly gained a cult following after debuting in May of 2019. Contained in this story of looming Armageddon are explorations of grief, friendship, good and evil, the Bible, Milton, God and what it means to be human. This book provides thirteen essays that center on various aspects of the show, including theology, fan culture, female gaze, textual elements and more. Also examining Gaiman''s sense of obligation to Pratchett, as well as the relationship between \u003ci\u003eGood Omens\u003c\/i\u003e and the hit series \u003ci\u003eSupernatural\u003c\/i\u003e, these essays provide a critical analysis of the show and its prominent themes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn the Beginning: Nice and Accurate Analyses of Good Omens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eErin Giannini and Amanda Taylor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGood Omens and Adaptation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAvoiding a Contemporary Apocalypse: Examining the Effects of Shifting Good Omens from Its Cold War Context\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRhian Waller\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGod Is a Woman: Good Omens, Voice-Over, and the Female Gaze\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJulia Vanessa Pauss\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWays of Mourning: Reading Grief as Friendship in Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's Good Omens (1990)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePavan Mano\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGood Omens and Fan Culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Okay, Crowley, Junior\": Subversions and Transformations of Good Omens in Supernatural and Its Fandom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCait Coker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFan Desire and Normative Masculinities in Good Omens Gift Exchanges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMary Ingram-Waters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Theology of Good Omens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"In the beginning, it was a nice day\": Aziraphale and the Subversive Miltonian Angelology of Good Omens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMelissa D. Aaron\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEschatological Ambiguity in Good Omens: How Concerns for Survival Blur the Lines Between Good and Evil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMorgan Shipley\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSola Fide: Ineffability, Good Omens, and the Reformation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhilip Goldfarb Styrt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"This Angel, who is now become a Devil, is my particular friend\": Romantic Satanism and Loving Opposition in Good Omens (2019)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlex Tankard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNaming, Artifacts, and Texts in Good Omens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdam's Task: Naming and ­Sub-creation in Good Omens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJanet Brennan Croft\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Book as Character: Tracing Textual Elements of Good Omens Across the Novel and Miniseries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTara Prescott-Johnson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Welcome to the end times\": A Conclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmanda Taylor and Erin Giannini\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040478429527,"sku":"9781476681641","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476681641.jpg?v=1750946880","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/deciphering-good-omens-9781476681641","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}