Re-reading Harry Potter / Suman Gupta.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.Description: vii, 185 p. ; 22 cmISBN:- 1403912653 (pbk.)
- Rowling, J. K. -- Criticism and interpretation
- Children -- Books and reading -- English-speaking countries
- Children's stories, English -- History and criticism
- Fantasy fiction, English -- History and criticism
- Rowling, J. K. -- Characters -- Harry Potter
- Potter, Harry (Fictitious character)
- Wizards in literature
- Magic in literature
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-182) and index.
Book covers -- Children and adults -- The seriousness of social and political effects -- Text-to-world assumptions (some general definitions) -- A thought about open and closed texts -- The irrelevance of J.K. Rowling -- Children's literature -- Fantasy literature -- Religious perspectives -- Locations and limitations -- Three worlds -- Repetition and progression -- Evasive allusions -- Blood -- Servants and slaves -- The question of class -- Desire -- The magic system of advertising -- Movie magic -- The beginning.