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His Dark Materials Information
5,087 words, approx. 17 pages
 His Dark Materials, a trilogy of fantasy fiction novels by Philip Pullman, comprises Northern Lights (1995 — released as The Golden Compass in North America), The Subtle Knife (1997) and The Amber Spyglass (2000). The trilogy follows the coming of age...




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 The Independent - London
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02/04/2008: 1,835 words, approx. 6 pages Fed up with ill-fitting, off-the-peg disasters, John Walsh and his teenage son Max decided to see if it's possible to buy a perfect bespoke suit - on a budget An old journalistic convention dictates that City hacks must always wear a suit because...
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 The Independent - London
His dark material
08/23/2007: 1,259 words, approx. 4 pages 'The Emperor Jones' charts the decline of a black despot, but is it racist? Paul Taylor on Eugene O'Neill's most controversial work There are certain plays that seem to lose little of their initial shock value. Premiered in New York in 1920, The...
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Golden Compass points to controversy
11/30/2007: 971 words, approx. 3 pages The plot sounds familiar: movie takes on religion, angers some faction of believers.But the furor surrounding "The Golden Compass," a $180-million fantasy epic coming to theaters next Friday, is more complex than that.Based on the first volume in the award-winning trilogy "His Dark Materials" by...
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Cannes sneak peak of Kidman-Craig movie
5/22/2007: 459 words, approx. 2 pages Move over, Gandalf and Frodo. After "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, New Line Cinema is betting that armored polar bears and flying witches will be the next big thing.Reporters at the Cannes Film Festival watched a preview of 10 vivid minutes of footage from...



Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by David Gooderham
8,589 words, approx. 29 pages
 In the following essay, Gooderham places the trilogy His Dark Materials in the context of modern works of fantasy literature, noting that although the work has been enthusiastically received by critics and readers, the resistance it has inspired in religious groups can be largely attributed to Pullman's language usage.


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