Download or read book Beyond His Dark Materials written by Susan Redington Bobby and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-09-07 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond the His Dark Materials series lies a vast fictional realm populated by the many diverse character creations of Philip Pullman. During a more than 30-year career, Pullman has created worlds filled with quests, trials, tragedies and triumphs, and this book explores those worlds. The picture books, novellas and novels written for children, adolescents and adults are analyzed through the themes of innocence and experience. The journeys Pullman sets his characters on teach them that one must embrace change, loss and suffering to grow in wisdom and grace.