A Critical Companion to Neil Gaiman's "Neverwhere"

Download or read book A Critical Companion to Neil Gaiman's "Neverwhere" written by Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fantasy 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.