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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.
Contents
1. Introduction: It Starts With Doors.- 2. Bridges to Fantasy: Neverwhere and Genre.- 3. "Mind the Gap": Neverwhere, Language and Intertextuality.- 4. "Falling Through the Cracks": Neverwhere as Social Commentary.- 5. Fidelity and Innovation: Adaptation, Transmediality, and the Neverwhere Megatext.- 6. The Key.