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Title:

The Harry Potter series / editors, Lana A. Whited, M. Katherine Grimes.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Salem Pressa division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ;

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

ix, 356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Rowling, J. K.--Harry Potter series.
Rowling, J. K.--Criticism and interpretation.
Potter, Harry--(Fictitious character)
Children's stories, English--20th century--History and criticism.
Children's stories, English--21st century--History and criticism.
Fantasy fiction, English--20th century--History and criticism.
Fantasy fiction, English--21st century--History and criticism.
Rowling, Joanne K.,--1965---Harry Potter.

Other Authors:

Grimes, M. Katherine, editor.
Whited, Lana A., 1958- editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

About this volume / M. Katherine Grimes, Lana A. Whited -- On J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series / M. Katherine Grimes -- The sustaining power of imagination : biography of J.K. Rowling / Laurie Adams -- "Contemporary" does not mean "modern" : the Harry Potter series as a sampler of western literary traditions / M. Katherine Grimes -- A survey of the critical reception of the Harry Potter series / Lana A. Whited -- The once and future wizard: Arthurian (and anti-Arthurian) themes in the Harry Potter series / Danny Adams -- Moral ambiguity in authority figures in The Hunger Games, Divergent, and the Harry Potter series / Crystal Wilkins -- Mums are good : Harry Potter and the traditional depictions of women / Jeanne Hoeker LaHaie -- Rock cakes and reciprocity : food and the male performance of nurturing in Harry Potter / Danielle Bienvenue Bray -- Mentoring in the wizarding world : Dumbledore and his literary ancestors / Christina Vourcos -- The Dark Lord and the Prince : Machiavellian elements in Harry Potter / Todd J. Ide -- Morals vs. Christianity : how Harry Potter goes beyond goodness to godliness / Jenn Colett -- J.K. Rowling : author(ing) celebrity / Saradindu Bhattacharya -- Growing up with Harry Potter : what motivated youth to read the Harry Potter series? / Colette Drouillard -- "Splinched" : the problem of disability in the Harry Potter series / Leigh A. Neithardt -- Harry Potter and the chronotope : suggestive possibilities for theoretical engagement / Margaret Zeegers -- From Sorcerer's Stone to Deathly Hallows : the failed quest for immortality in the Harry Potter Series / Lana A. Whited.

Series:

Critical insights

ISBN:

1619255197
9781619255197

OCLC:

(OCoLC)912574038

LCCN:

2015942119

Locations:

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

LOAX706 -- Library, Eastern Iowa CC (Muscatine)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)