The Ivory Tower And Harry Potter

Author : Lana A. Whited
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0826215491

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The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter by Lana A. Whited Pdf

Now available in paper, The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter 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.

Author : Lana A. Whited
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2024-02-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780826274960

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The Ivory Tower, Harry Potter, and Beyond by Lana A. Whited Pdf

In her follow-up to The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter, Lana A. Whited has compiled a new collection of essays analyzing the books, films, and other media by J. K. Rowling. This includes pieces on the Harry Potter books and movies, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (films), The Cursed Child (play), as well as her writing outside the wizarding universe, such as The Ickabog, The Casual Vacancy, and the Cormoran Strike series. Many of the chapters explore works that influenced the Harry Potter series, including Classical epic, Shakespearian comedy and tragedy, and Arthurian myth. In addition to literary comparison, the volume delves into topics like political authoritarianism, distrust of the media, racial and social justice, and developments in fandom. It’s fair to say that much has changed in regard to Harry Potter and J. K. Rowling scholarship in the twenty years since the first volume’s publication. While it was once considered a universally beloved book series, the relationship between HP and its fans has grown more complicated in recent years. As its readers have grown older and Rowling’s reputation has wavered in the public eye, Whited and her contributors consider the complicated legacy of Harry Potter and its author and explore how the series will evolve in the next twenty years.

Author : Lana A. Whited (editor)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1052125495

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The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter by Lana A. Whited (editor) Pdf

Author : Elizabeth E. Heilman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135891541

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Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter by Elizabeth E. Heilman Pdf

This thoroughly revised edition includes updated essays on cultural themes and literary analysis, and its new essays analyze the full scope of the seven-book series as both pop cultural phenomenon and as a set of literary texts. Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter, Second Edition draws on a wider range of intellectual traditions to explore the texts, including moral-theological analysis, psychoanalytic perspectives, and philosophy of technology. The Harry Potter novels engage the social, cultural, and psychological preoccupations of our times, and Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter, Second Edition examines these worlds of consciousness and culture, ultimately revealing how modern anxieties and fixations are reflected in these powerful texts. ("DISCLAIMER: This book is not authorized, approved, licensed, or endorsed by J.K. Rowling, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., or anyone associated with the Harry Potter books or movies.")

Author : David Langford
Publisher : Gollancz
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780575116801

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The End of Harry Potter? by David Langford Pdf

THE END OF HARRY POTTER is the perfect companion volume for all Harry Potter fans. Award-winning writer and Potter fan David Langford delves into the six Harry Potter books to explore J.K. Rowling's universe and characters, and shows in detail how cleverly J.K. Rowling has woven her world. This is the book for you if you are one of the gazillions of readers who find themselves wondering about horcruxes and Deatheaters and Dark Lords ... Langford looks at questions like: *What are the remaining horcruxes, the places He Who Shall Not Be Named has stashed his soul so he can never die? *Does Harry himself bear a part of the Dark Lord's soul in his scar? *Is that why Harry understands Parseltongue - and if not, why does he speak the language of the serpentssss? *What will happen when Harry is technically a grown-up, and no longer under the protection of his Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia? *Is Albus Dumbledore really dead? *Whose side is Severus Snape really on? *Will Hogwarts survive the final, apocalyptic battle between Harry and You-Know-Who? Don't know the answers? Then read THE END OF HARRY POTTER!

Author : Claudia Fenske
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Children's stories, English
ISBN : 3631566611

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Muggles, Monsters and Magicians by Claudia Fenske Pdf

Originally published as the author's dissertation (doctoral)--Philipps-Universiteat Marburg, 2006.

Author : Christina Flotmann
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783839421482

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Ambiguity in »Star Wars« and »Harry Potter« by Christina Flotmann Pdf

The study combines theories of myth, popular culture, structuralism and poststructuralism to explain the enormous appeal of »Star Wars« and »Harry Potter«. Although much research already exists on both stories individually, this book is the first to explicitly bring them together in order to explore their set-up and the ways in which their structures help produce ideologies on gender and ethnicity. Hereby, the comparison yields central insights into the workings of modern myth and uncovers structure as integral to the success of the popular genre. It addresses academic audiences and all those wishing to approach the tales from a fresh angle.

Author : Diana Patterson
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781443816281

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Harry Potter’s World Wide Influence by Diana Patterson Pdf

The Harry Potter series forms a single epic story that has been published in nearly 70 languages, and has been examined in a large number of disciplines. This collection of essays contributes to the scholarly discourse that forms Potter Studies. These essays take on the consideration of Rowling's work as being worthy of study as a phenomenon and influence, as well as a work of literary value. They add genuine statistical information about the reasons for the books' popularity, consider their effects on child readers, and examine some deep-rooted reasons for their having been manipulated in American publishing, in film adaptations, in musical complements, and in their thingification in popular culture around the world. Some of these essays take on the critics of the books' religion and considerations of psychological, as well as philosophical good and evil, and well as some stylistic anomalies. The fact that scholars from China, Germany, Poland, Romania, and Israel, in addition to English-speaking nations, have felt compelled to examine these books in detail testifies in part to Harry Potter's world-wide influence.

Author : Cynthia Hallett,Peggy Huey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781350308961

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J. K. Rowling by Cynthia Hallett,Peggy Huey Pdf

J. K. Rowling's popular series of books about the boy wizard Harry Potter has captivated readers of all ages around the world. Selling more than 400 million copies, and adapted into highly successful feature films, the stories have attracted both critical acclaim and controversy. In this collection of brand new essays, an international team of contributors examines the complete Harry Potter series from a variety of critical angles and approaches. There are discussions on topics ranging from fairytale, race and gender, through to food, medicine, queer theory and the occult. The volume also includes coverage of the films and the afterlife of the series with the opening of Rowling's 'Pottermore' website. Essential reading for anyone with an interest in the Harry Potter phenomenon, this exciting resource provides thoughtful new ways of exploring the issues and concepts found within Rowling's world.

Author : Anne J. Mamary
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476681344

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The Alchemical Harry Potter by Anne J. Mamary Pdf

When Harry Potter first boards the Hogwarts Express, he journeys to a world which Rowling says has alchemy as its "internal logic." The Philosopher's Stone, known for its power to transform base metals into gold and to give immortality to its maker, is the subject of the conflict between Harry and Voldemort in the first book of the series. But alchemy is not about money or eternal life, it is much more about the transformations of desire, of power and of people--through love. Harry's equally remarkable and ordinary power to love leads to his desire to find but not use the Philosopher's Stone at the start of the series and his wish to end the destructive power of the Elder Wand at the end. This collection of essays on alchemical symbolism and transformations in Rowling's series demonstrates how Harry's work with magical objects, people, and creatures transfigure desire, power, and identity. As Harry's leaden existence on Privet Drive is transformed in the company of his friends and teachers, the Harry Potter novels have transformed millions of readers, inspiring us to find the gold in our ordinary lives.

Author : Daniel H. Nexon,Iver B. Neumann
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0742539598

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Harry Potter and International Relations by Daniel H. Nexon,Iver B. Neumann Pdf

Drawing on a range of historical and sociological sources, this work shows how aspects of Harry's world contain aspects of our own. It also includes chapters on the political economy of the franchise, and on the problems of studying popular culture.

Author : C. Belcher,B. Stephenson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780230119918

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Teaching Harry Potter by C. Belcher,B. Stephenson Pdf

Given the current educational climate of high stakes testing, standardized curriculum, and 'approved' reading lists, incorporating unauthorized, popular literature into the classroom becomes a political choice. The authors examine why teachers choose to read Harry Potter , how they use the books, and the resulting teacher-student interactions.

Author : Klaus Kaindl,Karlheinz Spitzl
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027270733

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Transfiction by Klaus Kaindl,Karlheinz Spitzl Pdf

This volume on Transfiction (understood as an aestheticized imagination of translatorial action) recognizes the power of fiction as a vital and pulsating academic resource, and in doing so helps expand the breadth and depth of TS. The book covers a selection of peer-reviewed papers from the 1st International Conference on Fictional Translators and Interpreters in Literature and Film (held at the University of Vienna, Austria in 2011) and links literary and cinematic works of translation fiction to state-of-the-art translation theory and practice. It presents not just a mixed bag of cutting-edge views and perspectives, but great care has been taken to turn it into a well-rounded transficcionario with a fluid dialogue among its 22 chapters. Its investigation of translatorial action in the mirror of fiction (i.e. beyond the cognitive barrier of ‘fact’) and its multiple transdisciplinary trajectories make for thought-provoking readings in TS, comparative literature, as well as foreign language and literature courses.

Author : Sara Martín,M. Isabel Santaulària
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783031221446

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Detoxing Masculinity in Anglophone Literature and Culture by Sara Martín,M. Isabel Santaulària Pdf

This edited volume rethinks Masculinity Studies by breaking away from the notion of the perpetual crisis of masculinity. It argues that not enough has been done to distinguish patriarchy from masculinity and proposes to detox masculinity by offering a collection of positive representations of men in fictional and non-fictional texts. The editors show how ideas of hegemonic and toxic masculinity have been too fixed on the exploration of dominance and subservience, and too little on the men (and the male characters in fiction) who behave following other ethical, personal and socially accepted patterns. Bringing together research from different periods and genres, this collection provides broad, multidisciplinary insights into alternative representations of masculinity.

Author : Christopher E. Bell
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476623290

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Wizards vs. Muggles by Christopher E. Bell Pdf

Harry Potter has given the study of popular culture a unique platform for exploring the nature of human identity. “Potter Studies” is developing into a vibrant interdisciplinary field of scholarship. This collection of new essays examines issues surrounding race, class, gender, sexual orientation and personal virtue, both in the wizarding world and in our own. The contributors discuss an array of meanings and contexts in the Harry Potter universe relating to identity issues, and the ways in which these manifest in fandom cultures and real-world schools and businesses.