To understand the story behind the stories, Granger introduces the themes and patterns J.K. This book is for "serious readers" but Granger writes in a very entertaining style.
An alphabetical guide to all things associated with the first four books in the Harry Potter series. Readers will be able to check such facts as the identity of the real Nicholas Flamel and how the Sorcerer's Stone got its power. Also discussed are the stories from folklore, history, and mythology that helped inspire J.K. Rowling's amazingly ...
For fans who want to know about the myths, folklore, legends, and Muggle history embedded in the Harry Potter novels, this treasure trove of fun facts and tantalizing trivia covers the fabulous beasts and creatures, the wizards, magical artifacts, and magical places in the Harry Potter world. Full color.
With up-to-date information through book six in the series, this companion volume offers a comprehensive look at the world of Harry Potter through the eyes of leading science fiction and fantasy writers and religion, psychology, and science experts.
In this volume, contributors from Great Britian, the United States and Canada offer a serious critical examination of J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" books from a broad range of perspectives, including literature, folklore, psychology, sociology, and popular culture. A significant proportion of the book explores the Harry Potter series' literary ...
Addressing the 'phenomenon' of Harry Potter and the scholarly and media attention that has been devoted to the novels and adaptations, this updated new edition of Re-Reading Harry Potter discusses the political and social presumptions that are ingrained in the books, in terms of political ideology, class and race, gender and sexuality. The book ...
This unofficial companion to the first four books in the Harry Potter series explains such things as why witches (and wizards) fly on broomsticks, what a griffin is, and whether or not witches and wizards actually exist. Also discussed are the mythological, historical, and literary works that inspired J.K. Rowling's amazingly popular stories.
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 11th birthday. The books' incredible popularity, and the subsequent likelihood that they are among this generation's most formative narratives, call for critical exploration ...
Combining a formidable array of evidence and argument drawn from years of dedicated scholarship and detective work in the fields of literature, archaeology, linguistics and astronomy, Norma Lorre Goodrich recovers for all time one of the greatest men of the Arthurian age. 7 maps.
As the British state begins to unravel, and journalists compete to pronounce on the death of Britain, a schoolboy from suburban Surrey who lives for most of the year in a semi-parallel universe becomes the most popular figure in contemporary world literature. Now read on ...everyone else does ...Harry Potter is an orphan, oppressed and abused by ...
Modern fiction has embraced the age-old tales of wizards and created the most famous wizards of our time, from Harry Potter to Gandalf to Mickey Mouse. "Wizards" takes a detailed look at these strange and enigmatic individuals, comparing magical powers and their supernatural encounters. 120 illustrations.
From alchemy to hippogriffs to veela, this guide to J. K. Rowling's novels explores the fascinating historical meanings buried within the names, characters, creatures, and places in Harry Potter's magical world. Chapter headings are intriguing questions such as "Have Witches Always Flown on Broomsticks?" "Why Would Chocolate Help After Escaping a ...
Colin Duriez overviews J. K. Rowling's life, puts her work into the context of fantasy literature, analyzes the spiritual themes in the Harry Potter books and provides a succint overview of the books.
Usually perceived as crotchety old men with flowing white beards and pointed hats, wizards in fact take a myriad of guises: there are women - Including Circe, Morgan and Hermione Grainger; children - the most famous being Harry Potter: and those that aren't human - including Star Wars' Yoda. Wizards takes a detailed and highly illustrated look at ...
With the publication of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling went from an unpublished writer to the most popular author in the world in just a few years. Authors in this anthology examine Rowling's life and work and tackle the controversies, both artistic and moral, surrounding the Harry Potter books.
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 teachers. However, the essays do not contain jargon ...
This work is an historical survey and interpretation of the complex wizard whose name was known all over Europe in the 12th century and has never been forgotten. The mythical pattern underlying Merlin's career, quite unlike that of the linear journey of the hero with a thousand faces, consists of a series of paradigmatic demonstrations of a ...
In all the essays given in this collection, the dynamic of the rival magicians is demonstrated to be as forceful in the society of the late-20th century as it was in their medieval and Renaissance beginnings. Essays include "Acceptance and Assertion in Merlin and Faust", "Good Wizard/Bad Wizard: Merlin and Faust Archetypes in Contemporary Children ...
Curious readers can look up the magical tools and spells of Harry Potter's world in this volume, uncovering a wealth of entertaining information about the historical precedents for J. K. Rowling's stories. Wands and wizards, boggarts and broomsticks, hippogriffs and herbology, all have astonishing histories rooted in legend, literature, or real ...
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