I recently re-read the "His Dark Materials" trilogy -- which the second time around is philosophically more interesting, but story-wise less so. In the ending acknowledgments Pullman cites three works: Paradise Lost, the works of William Blake, and On the Marionette Theatre by Heinrich von Kleist. So I went and found it. It's clear why it was an influence on Pullman, and there's a scene with Lyra and Iorek from the first book that's lifted from part of this essay.
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