What is the author's style in The Sandman by Neil Gaiman?

Throughout Dream Country, Gaiman uses language, in the written word, to reveal character, but he also uses visual language. In "Calliope," Erasmus Fry is snide and arrogant, lecturing the tortured Madoc on arcane arts, but he is also buried in harsh shadows, his bulging eyes, smirking teeth, and crooked nose brightly breaking through the dimness. Even the name "Erasmus Fry" smacks of villainous arcane arts. Calliope speaks with a ring of formal poetry. When she prays to her sisters, she uses formal, archaic phrases such as "It is I," and "To whom can I speak?"