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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Neil Gaiman"”.
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Constructions of Space in Fiction of Neil Gaiman
… reading of a selection of novels written by Neil Gaiman to demonstrate how constructions of space in contemporary fiction can be analysed to reveal the underlying politics and cultural commentary of the work. Each of the titles selected juxtaposes an ostensibly ‘real-world’ setting with …
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Neil Gaiman's American Gods: An Outsider's Critique of American Culture
<p>In 2001, Neil Gaiman published American Gods, a novel of American life and mythology. As a British author living in the United States, Gaiman has a powerful vantage point from which to critique American culture, landscape, and ideology. Rich with re-invented deities, legends, mythic creatures, …
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Controlling Creativity: The Power Of Drawing In Children's Literature
… books Skellig by David Almond, Coraline by Neil Gaiman, Zel by Donna Jo Napoli, and The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. In each of these books, the child characters are able to explore surroundings and events through the act of drawing. The children ultimately find some form of …
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Returning the King: the Medieval King in Modern Fantasy
In an interview with Hy Bender, Neil Gaiman states, "We have the right, and the obligation, to tell old stories in our own ways, because they are our stories." While fantasy stands apart from other types of fiction, it still provides a particular kind of commentary on the culture/time it is being …
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The many worlds of Liz Jordan
… by a number of writers, such as Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, and James Riley. Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels influenced my world’s overall tone. The boundaries of his creation allow for incredible adventures but promise an ultimately hopeful conclusion and outlook, and I have attempted to do …
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Crafting Dreams of Lucid Shape
… drawing from the works of Edgar Allen Poe, Neil Gaiman, Charles de Lint, Mary Oliver, Wayne Miller, Beth Ann Fennely, and the thesis project in question. The author has taken a more creative (versus traditional) approach to the shape and argument of the critical introduction, in an attempt …
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Only a body “who nobody owns:” Adolescent identity in Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book
<p>Neil Gaiman’s <em>The Graveyard Book</em> presents a child, Nobody (Bod) Owens, who grows up in a graveyard with ghosts and a vampire as primary guardians. While Bod is not technically an adolescent for the entire novel, he is constantly struggling with adolescent themes—primarily being in a …