The Golden Compass The Subtle Knife The Amber Spyglass Further Stories Philip Pullman Adapted Works Influences Resources FAQ Forum Site Main			Influences - Shaping the series - The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven; And as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name. -A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare Dante Alighieri Italian Poet, 1265-1321 John Milton English Poet and Writer, 1608-1674 William Blake English Poet, Painter, and Engraver, 1757-1827 Heinrich von Kleist German Writer, 1777-1811 C. S. Lewis English Writer, 1898-1963		There have been innumerable influences on Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials, but certain major writers, poets, and artists made significant contributions to foster and nurture the literary concept that would later blossom into a series. It's doubtful that we'll be able to accredit them all, but we can still try.

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