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Scholarly Studies in Harry Potter : Applying Academic Methods to a Popular Text
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hallett, Cynthia Whitney.
- Series:
- Studies in British Literature
- Studies in British Literature ; v.99
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children's stories, English--History and criticism.
- Children's stories, English.
- Fantasy fiction, English--History and criticism.
- Fantasy fiction, English.
- Wizards in literature.
- Magic in literature.
- Rowling, J. K--Criticism and interpretation.
- Rowling, J. K.
- Rowling, J. K--Characters--Harry Potter.
- Potter, Harry (Fictitious character).
- Potter, Harry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (292 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Scholarly Studies in Harry Potter
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book is intended primarily for an academic audience, especially scholars - students and teachers - doing research and publication in categories such as myth and legend, children's literature, and the Harry Potter series in particular. Additionally, it is meant for college and university teachers. However, the essays do not contain jargon that would put off an avid "lay" Harry Potter fan. Overall, this collection is an excellent addition to the growing analytical scholarship on the Harry Potter series; however, it is the first academic collection to offer practical methods of using Rowling
- Contents:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Serious Scholarship and Academic Hocus Pocus: Conjuring Harry Potter into the Canon-Cynthia Whitney Hallett; Serious Scholarship and Academic Hocus Pocus; Educating Harry Potter: A Muggle's Perspective on Magic and Knowledge in the Wizard World of J.K. Rowling- Sarah E. Maier; Harry Potter and the Temporal Prime Directive: Time, Travel, Rule-breaking, and Misapprehension in Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban- Ron W. Cooley
- If yeh know where to go: Vision and Mapping in the Wizarding World- Johnathan P. LewisA Basilisk, a Phoenix, and a Philosopher's Stone: Harry Potter's Myths and Legends- Peggy J. Huey; Death and Rebirth: Harry Potter and the Mythology of the Phoenix- Sarah E. Gibbons; The Harlequins in the Weasley Twins: Jesters in the Court of Prince Harry (and J.K. Rowling)- Rebecca Whitus Longster; Lessons in Transfiguration: Allegories of Male Identity in Rowling's Harry Potter Series- Casey A. Cothran; Conjuring Harry Potter into the Canon
- Reading J.K. Rowling Magically: Creating C. S. Lewis's ""Good Reader""- Ernelle FifeThe Problem of Identity in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone- Leigh A. Neithardt; Of Young Magicians and Growing Up: J.K. Rowling, Her Critics and the ""Cultural Infantilism"" Debate- Steven Barfield; High-Brow Harry Potter: J.K. Rowling's Series as College-Level Literature- Laura Baker Shearer; Hogwarts vs. ""The 'Values' Wasteland"": Harry Potter and the Formation of Character- William Wandless
- Metaphor and MetaFantasy: Questing for Literary Inheritance in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone- Evelyn M. PerryPostscript
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7734-1215-8
- OCLC:
- 804665409
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