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The ivory tower and Harry Potter : perspectives on a literary phenomenon / edited with a new epilogue by Lana A. Whited.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2004.Description: x, 418 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0826215491
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Contents:
Harry's cousins in the magical realm. Harry Potter and the secret password : finding our way in the magical genre / Amanda Cockrell -- The education of a wizard : Harry Potter and his predecessors / Pat Pinsent -- Harry's roots in epic, myth, and folklore. In medias res : Harry Potter as hero-in-progress / Mary Pharr -- Of magicals and muggles : reversals and revulsions at Hogwarts / Jann Lacoss -- Harry Potter : fairy tale prince, real boy, and archetypal hero / M. Katherine Grimes -- Harry's other literary relatives. Harry Potter and the extraordinariness of the ordinary / Roni Natov -- Harry Potter, Tom Brown, and the British school story : lost in transit? / David K. Steege -- Greater than gold in Gringotts : questions of authority and values. Crowning the king : Harry Potter and the construction of authority / Farah Mendlesohn -- What would Harry do? J.K. Rowling and Lawrence Kohlberg's theories of moral development / Lana A. Whited, with M. Katherine Grimes -- Gender issues and Harry Potter. Hermione Granger and the heritage of gender / Eliza T. Dresang -- Locating Harry Potter in the "boys' book" market / Terri Doughty -- Harry's language : taking issue with words. You say "jelly," I say "jell-o"? Harry Potter and the transfiguration of language / Philip Nel -- Harry Potter and the tower of Babel : translating the magic / Nancy K. Jentsch -- Commodity and culture in the world of Harry Potter. Specters of Thatcherism : contemporary British culture in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series / Karin E. Westman -- Harry Potter and the technology of magic / Elizabeth Teare -- Apprentice wizards welcome : fan communities and the culture of Harry Potter / Rebecca Sutherland Borah -- Epilogue. Harry Potter and the Order of the phoenix / Lana A. Whited.
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Harry's cousins in the magical realm. Harry Potter and the secret password : finding our way in the magical genre / Amanda Cockrell -- The education of a wizard : Harry Potter and his predecessors / Pat Pinsent -- Harry's roots in epic, myth, and folklore. In medias res : Harry Potter as hero-in-progress / Mary Pharr -- Of magicals and muggles : reversals and revulsions at Hogwarts / Jann Lacoss -- Harry Potter : fairy tale prince, real boy, and archetypal hero / M. Katherine Grimes -- Harry's other literary relatives. Harry Potter and the extraordinariness of the ordinary / Roni Natov -- Harry Potter, Tom Brown, and the British school story : lost in transit? / David K. Steege -- Greater than gold in Gringotts : questions of authority and values. Crowning the king : Harry Potter and the construction of authority / Farah Mendlesohn -- What would Harry do? J.K. Rowling and Lawrence Kohlberg's theories of moral development / Lana A. Whited, with M. Katherine Grimes -- Gender issues and Harry Potter. Hermione Granger and the heritage of gender / Eliza T. Dresang -- Locating Harry Potter in the "boys' book" market / Terri Doughty -- Harry's language : taking issue with words. You say "jelly," I say "jell-o"? Harry Potter and the transfiguration of language / Philip Nel -- Harry Potter and the tower of Babel : translating the magic / Nancy K. Jentsch -- Commodity and culture in the world of Harry Potter. Specters of Thatcherism : contemporary British culture in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series / Karin E. Westman -- Harry Potter and the technology of magic / Elizabeth Teare -- Apprentice wizards welcome : fan communities and the culture of Harry Potter / Rebecca Sutherland Borah -- Epilogue. Harry Potter and the Order of the phoenix / Lana A. Whited.