Scholarly studies in Harry Potter : applying academic methods to a popular text /

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 te...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Hallett, Cynthia Whitney
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2005.
Series:Studies in British literature.
Subjects:
Rowling, J. K. > Criticism and interpretation.
Rowling, J. K. > Characters > Harry Potter.
Potter, Harry > (Fictitious character)
Rowling, J. K.
Children's stories, English > History and criticism.
Fantasy fiction, English > History and criticism.
Wizards in literature.
Magic in literature.
Histoires pour enfants anglaises > Histoire et critique.
Magie dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Children's stories, English
Fantasy fiction, English
Magic in literature
Wizards in literature
English.
Languages & Literatures.
English Literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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

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