The Neil Gaiman Reader

The Neil Gaiman Reader

The Neil Gaiman Reader edited by Darrell Schweitzer, Wildside Press, 2007
Author	Darrell Schweitzer (editor)
Cover artist
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Essays
Publisher	Wildside Press
Publication date	2007
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	223 p.
ISBN	978-0-8095-5625-0
OCLC	70882029

The Neil Gaiman Reader: Essays and Explorations is a collection of essays on fantasy and horror writer Neil Gaiman and his works, edited by Darrell Schweitzer. It was first published in hardcover and trade paperback in 2007 by Wildside Press.^[1]

The book consists of sixteen essays by various authors, together with an introduction by the editor, two interviews of Gaiman and a bibliography of his published works.

Contents[]

• "Introduction to a Very Large Subject" (Darrell Schweitzer)
• "Campbell and 'The Sandman': Reminding Us of the Sacred" ()
• "Dreams and Fairy Tales: The Theme of Rationality in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' and 'The Sandman'" ()
• "The King Forsakes His Throne: Campbellian Hero Icons in Neil Gaiman's 'Sandman'" ()
• "Blue and Pink: Gender in Neil Gaiman's Work" ()
• "Gods and Other Monsters: A Sandman Exit Interview and Philosophical Omnibus" (Robert K. Elder)
• "Neil Gaiman in Words and Pictures" ()
• "Pay Attention: There May or May Not Be a Man Behind the Curtain, An Analysis of Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean's 'Violent Cases'" ()
• "An Autopsy of Storytelling: Metafiction and Neil Gaiman" ()
• "Tapdancing on the Shoulders of Giants: Neil Gaiman's 'Stardust' and its Antecedents" (Darrell Schweitzer)
• "The Old Switcheroo: A Study in Neil Gaiman's Use of Character Reversal" ()
• "Backstage" (William Alexander)
• "No Need to Choose: A Magnificent Anarchy of Belief" ()
• "The Thin Line Between" ()
• "On the Death of Mad King Sweeny: Irish Lore and Literature in 'American Gods'" (William Alexander)
• "Catharsis and the American God: Neil Gaiman" ()
• "The Frame and the Flashback: Analyzing Neil Gaiman's Story 'Murder Mysteries'" ()
• "'Coraline' – A Quest for Identity" (Mike Ashley)
• "Another Interview with Neil Gaiman" (Darrell Schweitzer)
• "Neil Gaiman: An Incomplete Bibliography" ()

Notes[]

External links[]

• Entry at Wildside Press
• Entry at Neil Gaiman Visual Bibliography
• Review at the Green Man Review website

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