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Taking up the various conceptions of heroism that are conjured in
the Harry Potter series, this collection examines the ways
fictional heroism in the twenty-first century challenges the
idealized forms of a somewhat simplistic masculinity associated
with genres like the epic, romance and classic adventure story. The
collection's three sections address broad issues related to genre,
Harry Potter's development as the central heroic character and the
question of who qualifies as a hero in the Harry Potter series.
Among the topics are Harry Potter as both epic and postmodern hero,
the series as a modern-day example of psychomachia, the series'
indebtedness to the Gothic tradition, Harry's development in the
first six film adaptations, Harry Potter and the idea of the
English gentleman, Hermione Granger's explicitly female version of
heroism, adult role models in Harry Potter, and the complex
depictions of heroism exhibited by the series' minor characters.
Together, the essays suggest that the Harry Potter novels rely on
established generic, moral and popular codes to develop new and
genuine ways of expressing what a globalized world has applauded as
ethically exemplary models of heroism based on responsibility,
courage, humility and kindness.
Taking up the various conceptions of heroism that are conjured in
the Harry Potter series, this collection examines the ways
fictional heroism in the twenty-first century challenges the
idealized forms of a somewhat simplistic masculinity associated
with genres like the epic, romance and classic adventure story. The
collection's three sections address broad issues related to genre,
Harry Potter's development as the central heroic character and the
question of who qualifies as a hero in the Harry Potter series.
Among the topics are Harry Potter as both epic and postmodern hero,
the series as a modern-day example of psychomachia, the series'
indebtedness to the Gothic tradition, Harry's development in the
first six film adaptations, Harry Potter and the idea of the
English gentleman, Hermione Granger's explicitly female version of
heroism, adult role models in Harry Potter, and the complex
depictions of heroism exhibited by the series' minor characters.
Together, the essays suggest that the Harry Potter novels rely on
established generic, moral and popular codes to develop new and
genuine ways of expressing what a globalized world has applauded as
ethically exemplary models of heroism based on responsibility,
courage, humility and kindness.
Sixteen scholars from across the globe come together in Charles
Dickens as an Agent of Change to show how Dickens was (and still
is) the consummate change agent. His works, bursting with restless
energy in the Inimitable's protean style, registered and commented
on the ongoing changes in the Victorian world while the Victorians'
fictional and factional worlds kept (and keep) changing. The essays
from notable Dickens scholars-Malcolm Andrews, Matthias Bauer, Joel
J. Brattin, Doris Feldmann, Herbert Foltinek, Robert Heaman,
Michael Hollington, Bert Hornback, Norbert Lennartz, Chris Louttit,
Jerome Meckier, Nancy Aycock Metz, David Paroissien, Christopher
Pittard, and Robert Tracy-suggest the many ways in which the notion
of change has found entry into and is negotiated in Dickens' works
through four aspects: social change, political and ideological
change, literary change, and cultural change. An afterword by the
late Edgar Rosenberg adds a personal account of how Dickens changed
the life of one eminent Dickensian.
Sixteen scholars from across the globe come together in Charles
Dickens as an Agent of Change to show how Dickens was (and still
is) the consummate change agent. His works, bursting with restless
energy in the Inimitable's protean style, registered and commented
on the ongoing changes in the Victorian world while the Victorians'
fictional and factional worlds kept (and keep) changing. The essays
from notable Dickens scholars-Malcolm Andrews, Matthias Bauer, Joel
J. Brattin, Doris Feldmann, Herbert Foltinek, Robert Heaman,
Michael Hollington, Bert Hornback, Norbert Lennartz, Chris Louttit,
Jerome Meckier, Nancy Aycock Metz, David Paroissien, Christopher
Pittard, and Robert Tracy-suggest the many ways in which the notion
of change has found entry into and is negotiated in Dickens' works
through four aspects: social change, political and ideological
change, literary change, and cultural change. An afterword by the
late Edgar Rosenberg adds a personal account of how Dickens changed
the life of one eminent Dickensian.
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