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Reading Harry Potter - Critical Essays (Hardcover, New)
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Reading Harry Potter - Critical Essays (Hardcover, New)
Series: Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture
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J. K. Rowling achieved astounding commercial success with her
series of novels about Harry Potter, the boy-wizard who finds out
about his magical powers on the morning of his eleventh birthday.
The books' incredible popularity, and the subsequent likelihood
that they are among this generation's most formative narratives,
call for critical exploration and study to interpret the works'
inherent tropes and themes. The essays in this collection assume
that Rowling's works should not be relegated to the categories of
pulp fiction or children's trends, which would deny their certain
influence on the intellectual, emotional, and psychosocial
development of today's children. The variety of contributions
allows for a range of approaches and interpretive methods in
exploring the novels, and reveals the deeper meanings and attitudes
towards justice, education, race, foreign cultures, socioeconomic
class, and gender. Following an introductory discussion of the
Harry Potter phenomenon are essays considering the psychological
and social-developmental experiences of children as mirrored in
Rowling's novels. Next, the works' literary and historical contexts
are examined, including the European fairy tale tradition, the
British abolitionist movement, and the public-school story genre. A
third section focuses on the social values underlying the Potter
series and on issues such as morality, the rule of law, and
constructions of bravery.
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