Susan Redington Bobby, assistant professor of English at Wesley College in Dover, Delaware, teaches classic and contemporary fairy tales and adolescent literature. She has chaired panels and presented papers on topics related to adolescent literature, fairy tales, heroism, and gender at various conferences.
"Invites scholarly consideration of Pullman's lesser-known fictions, long overshadowed by the His Dark Materials series...ambitious...thorough and engaging...upon finishing this book, the reader will have a complete picture of Pullman's oeuvre, his characters, his plot trajectories, and his themes."--Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts; "With more than a nod to William Blake, this book is divided into two sections: the first, Stories of Innocence, examines those of Pullman's stories, especially reimagined fairy tales, which deal with more innocent characters and are written for youthful audiences; the second, Stories of Experience, deals with those stories in which the characters face difficulties and deeper sufferings, and is especially focused on novels and retellings of biblical stories."--Reference & Research Book News
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