<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

Publié en ligne: 22 févr. 2013

Pages: 293 - 301

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

Mots clés
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

Publié en ligne: 22 févr. 2013

Pages: 293 - 301

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

Mots clésfantasy literature, myth-criticism, Philip Pullman, religious symbolism

This content is open access.

Mots clés
fantasy literature, myth-criticism, Philip Pullman, religious symbolism