<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Philip Pullman retells mankind’s archetypal memories of the Fall in his fantasy trilogy, His Dark Materials. I aim to prove that the age-old religious desire for the oneness of the sacred and the profane, as well as of spirit and matter is manifested in Pullman’s fictional mythology in a way that religion and love also turn out to be one.</p></abstract>

Philip Pullman retells mankind’s archetypal memories of the Fall in his fantasy trilogy, His Dark Materials. I aim to prove that the age-old religious desire for the oneness of the sacred and the profane, as well as of spirit and matter is manifested in Pullman’s fictional mythology in a way that religion and love also turn out to be one.

Mirror-Images, or Love As Religion in Philip Pullman’s Trilogy, His Dark Materials

Romanian Journal of English Studies

Philip Pullman retells mankind’s archetypal memories of the Fall in his fantasy trilogy, His Dark Materials. I aim to prove that the age-old religious desire...

Mirror-Images, or Love As Religion in Philip Pullman’s Trilogy, His Dark Materials

Published Online: Feb 22, 2013

Page range: 293 - 301

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2013-0028

Keywords
fantasy literature, myth-criticism, Philip Pullman, religious symbolism

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Mirror-Images, or Love As Religion in Philip Pullman’s Trilogy, His Dark Materials

Published Online: Feb 22, 2013

Page range: 293 - 301

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2013-0028

Keywordsfantasy literature, myth-criticism, Philip Pullman, religious symbolism

This content is open access.

Keywords
fantasy literature, myth-criticism, Philip Pullman, religious symbolism