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Apr. 5th, 2007 10:50 amI did Classical Civilisation A-Level. I <3 everything Pullman did with the epic genre. I <3 everything he did with genesis. One day (in August?) I will read Milton and it will all fall beautifully into place.
Then why, why, ten years after I first read Northern Lights and five years since I finished the trilogy, have I only just realised the significance of the fact that Pullman's protagonist is called Lyra.
Lyra. The lyre. The instrument of lyric poetry. She is the instrument of epic literature.
Does this make anybody as inexplicably happy as me, or am I alone in my appreciation of this one?
Then why, why, ten years after I first read Northern Lights and five years since I finished the trilogy, have I only just realised the significance of the fact that Pullman's protagonist is called Lyra.
Lyra. The lyre. The instrument of lyric poetry. She is the instrument of epic literature.
Does this make anybody as inexplicably happy as me, or am I alone in my appreciation of this one?
