[Milton-L] Milton and Pullman

[Campbell, W. Gardner]

Many thanks, Lauren. I wasn't aware of the Wayne State volume.

Also perhaps of interest: Pullman's introduction to the Oxford UP illustrated edition of Paradise Lost (2005). Much to savor here, including Pullman's account of the genesis of His Dark Materials: a lunch conversation with his publisher in which they both remembered "studying [Paradise Lost] in Sixth Form," which leads to sitting "at the lunch table swapping our favourite lines," which ends in Pullman's agreeing "to write a long fantasy for young readers, which would at least partly, we hoped, evoke something of the atmosphere we both loved in Paradise Lost." "Atmosphere" is more precise for Pullman than the word might suggest. It really has to do with diegesis, the entire story-world, in which concept, affect, and the sheer sounds of words combine very powerfully to stimulate the imagination to go beyond itself.

Interestingly, in this introduction Pullman quotes C. S. Lewis approvingly, something (for various and complex reasons) he typically did not do when the trilogy was being published.

Gardner

From: milton-l-bounces at lists.richmond.edu [mailto:milton-l-bounces at lists.richmond.edu] On Behalf Of Lauren Shohet
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 9:17 AM
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Subject: RE: [Milton-L] Milton and Pullman

Thanks to all colleagues, esp Jeffrey, who are interested!

Should it be helpful, the parts of my Pullman work already published (I'm writing a monograph, so am holding the rest at present) are:


Lauren Shohet, "His Dark Materials, Paradise Lost, and the Common Reader." Milton in Popular Culture, ed. Laura Knoppers and Gregory Colon Semenza. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, pp. 58-70.



---. "Reading Dark Materials." His Dark Materials Illuminated. Ed. Millicent Lenz. Detroit: Wayne State Univ. Press, 2005, pp. 22-36.



Best,

Lauren



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From: milton-l-bounces at lists.richmond.edu [milton-l-bounces at lists.richmond.edu] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Shoulson [jshoulson at mail.as.miami.edu]
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 9:57 AM
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Angelica,

I know that Lauren Shohet, at Villanova, has written extensively on Milton and Pullman (I've heard her give a few very interesting papers on the subject), though I'm not sure where (or if) she's published the material.  Perhaps a simple search for Shohet would yield some results?

Best,

Jeffrey

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On Mar 27, 2009, at 9:45 AM, Angelica Duran wrote:


Dear scholars,

I remember hearing conference talks on Pullman and Milton, perhaps even at the MSA-sponsored panel at the MLA a few years back.  I know of the chapter in Knoppers and Semanza's Milton in Popular Culture.  That reference did not pop up in my MLA Bibliography search - but I know that items are often missing (even [sigh] in my own entry, which I intend to remedy in May, after finals).  I think there is an article on Pullman that I have read but cannot find it.

Please advise if you know of any works on Pullman and Milton, so I can refer those to a student who is writing a paper on the relationship.  Many thanks.

Adios,

Angelica Duran
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Purdue University
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