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Tag Archives: Philip Pullman
CFPs: Vampires, Philip Pullman, climate change, horror film, Good Omens
1. CFP for PCA/ACA Vampire Studies on the legacy of Bram Stoker: Annual National Popular Culture Association Conference, Philadelphia, 15-18 April 2020. Deadline: 1 November 2019. The co-chairs of the PCA/ACA Vampire Studies area are soliciting papers, presentations, panels and … Continue reading
Review of Philip Pullman’s Grimm Tales
My mother told me that you should never go to bed angry. The reviewer’s equivalent of this is you should never go to a show already inclined against it. However, the issue that gave me the Angry Reds regarding Philip … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, Fairy tales, Grimm brothers, Philip Pullman, theatre
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M.O. Grenby, ‘Fantasy and fairytale in children’s literature ‘
‘Professor M O Grenby explores the relationship between fantasy and morality in 18th- and 19th-century children’s literature.’ This is another excellent article by Prof. Grenby of Newcastle University, from the BL website (whose collection of articles is a very useful … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, Alan Garner, C S Lewis, Charles Perrault, Children's literature, education, Fairy tales, Fantasy, Genre, Grimm brothers, Hans Christian Andersen, Intertextuality, John Locke, Lewis Carroll, Peter Pan, Philip Pullman, The Arabian Nights, YA Fiction
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Embracing the YA Albatross: YA Fiction in the Academy
I mentioned Philip Pullman’s carnegie medal speech in my first YA post and it seems apt to return to it here in the wake of renewed criticism of YA fiction in universities. I was interested to read Kaja’s post which … Continue reading