Introduction: J.K. Rowling: The First Twenty-Five Years / Lana A. Whited -- Section 1: Magical Directions and Misdirections -- Muggle Worthy: Deceptive Exteriors and Outsized Interiors in the Wizarding World / Elizabeth Baird Hardy -- London as a Magical Location in the Harry Potter Series / Madison McLeod -- Secrecy and Segregation in the Wizarding World's Hidden Histories / Kathryn N. McDaniel -- Section 2: Intertextual Readings -- Harry, Aeneas, and the Foundational Text / Mitchell H. Parks -- From Sword to Sorcery: The Medieval(ist) Juxtaposition of Magic and Might in Harry Potter / Laurie Beckoff -- Shakespearean Romantic Comedy and Hogwarts Couples / Heather Murray -- Section 3: Social and Psychological Applications -- Why S.P.E.W. Was Doomed to Fail: Exploring Systemic Inequity through Rowling's Racialized House-Elves / Alyssa Lowery -- "The Ghost of His Last Laugh": Evolving Humor in harry Potter / Louise M. Freeman -- Section 4: Narratological Readings -- Pensieve Lessons in Critical Reading / Leslie Bickford -- Quidditch as Narrative Mirror in the Harry Potter Series / Caitlin Elizabeth Harper -- Eye Wonder? Reflecting Harry in Animal Eyes / Catherine Olver -- The Otter and the Stag: Narration and Objectification in Harry Potter / Patrick McCauley -- "Perfectly normal, thank you very much": Exploitation of Hybridity in the Borderlands of Harry Potter / Molly L. Burt -- Section 5: Harry Potter and Beyond -- Literary Alchemy in "The Foundation of Fair Fortune" from The Tales of Beedle the Bard / Kris Swank -- Hopelessness and Hope in The Casual Vacancy: The Cost and Joy of Discipleship / M. Katherine Grimes -- Parenting Models in the Potter Saga and Cursed Child: Human and Divine / Emily Strand -- The Snake Woman in Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts / Beatrice Groves -- Politics of Suppression and Violence in Fantastic Beasts / Carsten Kullmann -- The Story Turn: Parallels in the Pivotal Texts of Harry Potter and Cormoran Strike / John Granger -- The Ickabog, Monsters, and Monstrosity / Lana A. Whited -- Section 6: The Fandom, 25 Years On -- "Accio Jo!" Woke Wizards and Generational Potter Fandom / Rebecca Sutherland Borah.
Summary:
"In her follow-up to The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter, Lana A. Whited has compiled a new collection of essays analyzing books, films, and other media by J. K. Rowling. This includes pieces on the Harry Potter books and movies, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (films), The Cursed Child (play), as well as her writing outside the wizarding universe, such as The Ickabog, The Casual Vacancy, and the Cormoran Strike series"-- Provided by publisher.
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