A wizard of their age : critical essays from the Harry Potter generation / edited by Cecilia Konchar Farr ; with contributing editors Kate Glassman [and six others] ; foreword by Giselle Liza Anatol.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anatol, Giselle Liza, 1970- author of foreword.

Contributor:

Farr, Cecilia Konchar, 1958- editor.

Glassman, Kate, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rowling, J. K--Criticism and interpretation.

Rowling, J. K.

Potter, Harry (Fictitious character).

Potter, Harry.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xix, 300 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : SUNY Press, [2015]

Summary:

A Wizard of Their Age began when the students in Cecilia Konchar Farr's "Six Degrees of Harry Potter" course at St. Catherine University kept finding errors in the available scholarship. These students had been reading Harry Potter for their entire literate lives, and they demanded more attention to the details they found significant. "We can do better than this," they said. Konchar Farr, two undergraduate teaching assistants, and five student editors decided to test that hypothesis. After issuing a call for contributions, they selected fifteen thoughtful academic essays by students from across the country. These essays examine the Harry Potter books from a variety of perspectives, including literary, historical, cultural, gender, mythological, psychological, theological, and genetic-there is even a nursing care plan for Tom Riddle. Interspersed among the essays are brief vignettes entitled "My Harry Potter Story," where students write about their personal encounters with the novels. Although a quick Internet search yields a dazzling number of books about Harry Potter, few are as deeply invested or insightful as A Wizard of Their Age. Written and edited by - and for - members of the Harry Potter generation, these essays demonstrate this generation's passionate engagement with the Harry Potter phenomenon and provide numerous critical insights into the individual novels and the series as a whole. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Muggle Studies

1 The Harry Potter Phenomenon: Locating the Boy Wizard in the Tradition of the American Bestseller / Kate Glassman Glassman, Kate 19

2 Loading the Canon: Harry Potter and Fanfiction / Kate McManus McManus, Kate 35

3 The Simulated World of Harry Potter / Kyle Bubb Bubb, Kyle 49

4 The Wizard, the Muggle, and the Other: (Post) Colonialism in Harry Potter / Hannah Lamb Lamb, Hannah 57

5 The Generation(s) of Harry Potter: The Boy Wizard and His Young Readers / Tréza Rosado Rosado, Tréza 73

My Harry Potter Story / Lydia Fasteland Fasteland, Lydia, Richelle Ilanga Ilanga, Richelle 83

Part II Defense Against the Dark Arts

6 The Making of a New World: Nazi Ideology and Its Influence on Harry Potter / Sarah Wente Wente, Sarah 89

7 The Nuances of Mastering Death: Murder, Capital Punishment, and Assisted Suicide in Harry Potter / Kalie Caetano Caetano, Kalie 113

8 The Wickedest of Magical Inventions: The Separable Soul in Harry Potter and Medieval Folklore / Sarah Sutor Sutor, Sarah 129

9 WWHPD: What Would Harry Potter Do? / Collie Knudslien Knudslien, Collie 145

10 Doubting Dumbledore / Jenny McDougal McDougal, Jenny 159

My Harry Potter Story / Marion Basilio Basilio, Marion, Carrie Matthews Matthews, Carrie 181

Part III Transfiguration

11 Harry Potter and the Wizard's Gene: A Genetic Analysis of Potterworld / Courtney Agar Agar, Courtney, Julia Terk Terk, Julia 187

12 Give Nature a Wand and It Will Nurture Magic / Kiah Bizal Bizal, Kiah 199

13 A Nursing Care Plan for Tom Riddle / Kari Newell Newell, Kari 213

14 Literary Arithmancy: An Analysis of Number Symbolism in Harry Potter / Evan Gaydos Gaydos, Evan 223

15 Sexual Geometry of the Golden Trio: Hermione's Subversion of Traditional Female Subject Positions / Rachel Armstrong Armstrong, Rachel 235.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438454474

1438454473

9781438454467

1438454465

OCLC:

880418805