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Title The ivory tower and Harry Potter : perspectives on a literary phenomenon / Lana A. Whited, editor.

Publication Info. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2002.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 408 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-389) and index.
Contents Harry's cousins in the magical realm. Harry Potter and the secret password : finding our way in the magical genre / Amanda Cockrell -- Education of a wizard : Harry Potter and his predecessors / Pat Pinsent -- Harry's roots in epic, myth, and folklore. In medias res : Harry Potter as hero-in-progress / Mary Pharr -- Of magicals and muggles : reversals and revulsions at Hogwarts / Jann Lacoss -- Harry Potter : fairy tale prince, real boy, and archetypal hero / M. Katherine Grimes -- Harry's other literary relatives. Harry Potter and the extraordinariness of the ordinary / Roni Natov -- Harry Potter, Tom Brown, and the British school story : lost in transit? / David K. Steege -- Greater than gold in Gringotts : questions of authority and values. Crowning the king : Harry Potter and the construction of authority / Farah Mendlesohn -- What would Harry do? J.K. Rowling and Lawrence Kohlberg's theories of moral development / Lana A. Whited, with M. Katherine Grimes -- Gender issues and Harry Potter. Hermione Granger and the heritage of gender / Eliza T. Dresang -- Locating Harry Potter in the "boys' book" market / Terri Doughty -- Harry's language : taking issue with words. You say "jelly," I say "jell-o"? Harry Potter and the transfiguration of language / Philip Nel -- Harry Potter and the tower of Babel : translating the magic / Nancy K. Jentsch -- Commodity and culture in the world of Harry Potter. Specters of Thatcherism : contemporary British culture in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series / Karin E. Westman -- Harry Potter and the technology of magic / Elizabeth Teare -- Apprentice wizards welcome : fan communities and the culture of Harry Potter / Rebecca Sutherland Borah.
Summary Publisher description: Now available in paper, The Ivory Tower and Harry Pottter is the first book-length analysis of J.K. Rowling's work from a broad range of perspectives within literature, folklore, psychology, sociology, and popular culture. A significant portion of the book explores the Harry Potter series' literary ancestors, including magic and fantasy works by Ursula K. LeGuin, Monica Furlong, Jill Murphy, and others, as well as previous works about the British boarding school experience. Other chapters explore the moral and ethical dimensions of Harry's world, including objections to the series raised within some religious circles. In her new epilogue, Lana A. Whited brings this volume up to date by covering Rowling's latest book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
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Subject Rowling, J. K. -- Criticism and interpretation.
Rowling, J. K.
Criticism and interpretation.
Rowling, J. K. -- Characters -- Harry Potter.
Harry Potter.
Potter, Harry (Fictitious character)
Potter, Harry (Fictitious character)
Rowling, J. K.
Children -- Books and reading -- English-speaking countries.
Children -- Books and reading.
English-speaking countries.
Children's stories, English -- History and criticism.
Children's stories, English.
Fantasy fiction, English -- History and criticism.
Fantasy fiction, English.
Wizards in literature.
Wizards in literature.
Magic in literature.
Magic in literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Subject Children.
Added Author Whited, Lana A., 1958-
Other Form: Print version: Ivory tower and Harry Potter. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2002 9780826214430 0826214436 (DLC) 2002012923 (OCoLC)50441688
ISBN 9780826263308 (electronic book)
0826263305 (electronic book)
9780826214430
0826214436