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The Riddles of Harry Potter : Secret Passages and Interpretive Quests / by Shira Wolosky.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weiss, Shira Wolosky, 1954-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rowling, J. K--Criticism and interpretation.
- Rowling, J. K.
- Rowling, J. K--Characters.
- Potter, Harry (Fictitious character).
- Potter, Harry.
- Fiction.
- European literature.
- Children's literature.
- Literature, Modern--20th century.
- Literature, Modern.
- Fiction Literature.
- European Literature.
- Children's Literature.
- Twentieth-Century Literature.
- Local Subjects:
- Fiction Literature.
- European Literature.
- Children's Literature.
- Twentieth-Century Literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (238 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2010.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Riddles of Harry Potter draws readers into the deeper meanings of these phenomenally successful books, arguing that they launch and pursue interpretive quests in an ongoing effort to understand patterns and their attendant meanings, implications, and consequences.
- Contents:
- The magic of Harry Potter: ordinary worlds and magic ones; dursleys and weasleys; word riddles; magic figures
- Double meanings: inside and outside; the world at war; the other ministry; horcruxes
- Well-spotted: plots and reversals; backwards; forwards; interpretive quests
- The turns of time: memory, prediction, prophecy; memory; prediction; the prophecy
- Seen and unforeseen
- Mirror images: reflecting characters; fathers and families; the secret riddle; double agent
- Moral fables: the elder wand; love or power; the prophecy again; possession; moral choices; the invisibility cloak
- Rebirth: the resurrection stone; horcruxes or hallows; mothers; rebirth; ordinary magic
- Appendix: discussion topics. Topic 1. Harry Potter and fairy tales; Topic 2: Harry Potter and psychological interpretation; Topic 3: Allegory and literary tradition; Topic 4: history, ideology, culture studies; Topic 5: ethical engagements; Topic 6: hermeneutics.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612993749
- 9781282993747
- 1282993747
- 9780230115576
- 0230115578
- OCLC:
- 696334278
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