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A Critical Companion to Neil Gaiman's "Neverwhere"“Mind the Gap”: Neverwhere, Language, and Intertextuality

A Critical Companion to Neil Gaiman's "Neverwhere": “Mind the Gap”: Neverwhere, Language, and... [This chapter extends on chapter two’s discussion by exploring other ways that Neverwhere participates in fantasy narrative traditions and trends. It begins by examining Neil Gaiman’s playful use of language in the novel, with a focus on his attribution of actual referents corresponding to the names of London Underground stops, but also extending as well to his use of symbolism, allusion, and other extensions or manipulations of meaning. From there, the chapter considers Neverwhere in relation to two notable trends in contemporary fantasy: the urban fantastic and the “rogue” angel. Looking at Neverwhere in relation to these trends helps us see how fantasy works in general and Neverwhere in particular are inevitably involved in larger dialogues with related works and are both responsive to and influential on broader cultural trends.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Critical Companion to Neil Gaiman's "Neverwhere"“Mind the Gap”: Neverwhere, Language, and Intertextuality

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Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
ISBN
978-3-030-96457-3
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31 –46
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10.1007/978-3-030-96458-0_3
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[This chapter extends on chapter two’s discussion by exploring other ways that Neverwhere participates in fantasy narrative traditions and trends. It begins by examining Neil Gaiman’s playful use of language in the novel, with a focus on his attribution of actual referents corresponding to the names of London Underground stops, but also extending as well to his use of symbolism, allusion, and other extensions or manipulations of meaning. From there, the chapter considers Neverwhere in relation to two notable trends in contemporary fantasy: the urban fantastic and the “rogue” angel. Looking at Neverwhere in relation to these trends helps us see how fantasy works in general and Neverwhere in particular are inevitably involved in larger dialogues with related works and are both responsive to and influential on broader cultural trends.]

Published: Jun 1, 2022

Keywords: Allusion; Angel; Fantasy; Hypostasis; Intertextuality; Myth; Neil Gaiman; Neverwhere; Norton Juster; Personification; Symbolism; Urban Fantasy; Wordplay

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