Overview
- Highlights a variety of theoretical approaches to the text
- Addresses Neverwhere’s contribution to the genre of fantasy and speculative fiction
- Studies unique questions of adaptation relevant to Gaiman’s work
Part of the book series: Palgrave Science Fiction and Fantasy: A New Canon (PSFFNC)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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.
Reviews
“Noted Gothic scholar Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock takes us on a tour of Neil Gaiman’s urban fantasy Neverwhere, bringing his characteristic wit and insight to the shifting spaces and emblematic characters of Gaiman’s underground London.” (Brian Attebery, Professor of English, Idaho State University, USA)
“Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock's A Critical Companion to Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere is an invaluable resource for both first-time and returning readers of this seminal work of fantasy. Weinstock maps key modes through which to read the novel and its reverberating iterations across media, while also showing how Gaiman's touchstone work operates as a critical introduction to the fantasy genre. This is a smart, fresh, and thorough study of Neverwhere, which also inspires a host of new and exciting approaches for future exploration. It is a companion that will no doubt be immediately crucial to the teaching and study of Gaiman and to Neverwhere's immense cultural influence.” (Alison Sperling, IPODI Fellow, Technical University Berlin, Germany)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock is Professor of English at Central Michigan University, USA, and an Associate Editor for The Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. He is the author or editor of 26 books and almost 100 essays and book chapters on fantasy, horror, science fiction, and American literature and culture. Visit him at JeffreyAndrewWeinstock.com.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A Critical Companion to Neil Gaiman's "Neverwhere"
Authors: Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
Series Title: Palgrave Science Fiction and Fantasy: A New Canon
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96458-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-96457-3Published: 01 June 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-96460-3Published: 02 June 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-96458-0Published: 31 May 2022
Series ISSN: 2662-8562
Series E-ISSN: 2662-8570
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 96
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Fiction, Contemporary Literature, Adaptation Studies, Popular Culture , Literature, general, Urban History