The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter

The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter

Perspectives on a Literary Phenomenon

by Lana A. Whited, Farah Mendlesohn, Terri Doughty, Mary Pharr, M. Katherine Grimes, Roni Natov, Pat Pinsent, Jann Lacoss, David K. Steege, Eliza T. Dresang

436 pages· ISBN 9780826215499
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Now available in paper, The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter is the first book-length analysis of J. K. Rowling's work from a broad range of perspectives within literature, folklore, psychology, sociology, and popular culture. A significant portion of the book explores the Harry Potter series' literary ancestors, including magic and fantasy works by Ursula K. LeGuin, Monica Furlong, Jill Murphy, and others, as well as previous works about the British boarding school experience. Other chapters explore the moral and ethical dimensions of Harry's world, including objections to the series raised within some religious circles. In her new epilogue, Lana A. Whited brings this volume up to date by covering Rowling's latest book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

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