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The Ivory Tower, Harry Potter, and Beyond: More Essays on the Works of J. K. Rowling

Editat de Lana A. Whited
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 26 feb 2024
In her follow-up to The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter, Lana A. Whited has compiled a new collection of essays analyzing the 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. Many of the chapters explore works that influenced the Harry Potter series, including Classical epic, Shakespearian comedy and tragedy, and Arthurian myth. In addition to literary comparison, the volume delves into topics like political authoritarianism, distrust of the media, racial and social justice, and developments in fandom. It’s fair to say that much has changed in regard to Harry Potter and J. K. Rowling scholarship in the twenty years since the first volume’s publication. While it was once considered a universally beloved book series, the relationship between HP and its fans has grown more complicated in recent years. As its readers have grown older and Rowling’s reputation has wavered in the public eye, Whited and her contributors consider the complicated legacy of Harry Potter and its author and explore how the series will evolve in the next twenty years.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780826223005
ISBN-10: 0826223001
Pagini: 436
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 43 mm
Greutate: 0.79 kg
Editura: University of Missouri Press
Colecția University of Missouri

Recenzii

"A very strong collection. The essays engage effectively in contemporary debates regarding media, identity, and childhood.”—Gwen Athene Tarbox, Western Michigan University, author of Children's and Young Adult Comics
“Lana Whited’s new collection of essays is a valuable follow-up to her previous groundbreaking Ivory Tower volume. This anthology not only offers readers fresh perspectives on the Harry Potter novels, but also features exciting insights into materials that have heretofore received little attention. The outstanding scholarship testifies to the variety and continued vitality of Rowling studies.” —Beth Sutton-Ramspeck, Ohio State University at Lima, author of Harry Potter and Resistance
 
“In 2002, editor Lana A. Whited established the field of Harry Potter studies with the first scholarly anthology on the subject, The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter: Perspectives on a Literary Phenomenon; now Whited pioneers a new and challenging era of J. K. Rowling studies with a second volume that both builds on decades of fruitful discourse and reevaluates critical positions relating to the expanded canon of texts and their divisive author. Across six fascinating sections, twenty-one experts from diverse disciplines and perspectives provide compelling proof of the depth and breadth of today’s academic conversations surrounding Rowling’s writings. Tackling weighty subjects from secrecy and segregation to parenting models, critical reading to suppression and violence, the thought-provoking essays in this volume illustrate the ongoing timeliness and relevance of the field.”—Amy H. Sturgis, Signum University, co-editor of Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier and Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away
“Lana Whited was one of the earliest scholars to take the Potterverse seriously. Like her and the community she helped to create, this collection is filled with erudition and insight, brightened by whimsy and playfulness. It is Harry Potter studies at its best!”—Cecilia Konchar Farr, West Liberty University, author of Open at the Close: Literary Essays on Harry Potter
“Whited's collection of meticulously crafted articles provides a variety of approaches to examining Rowling's oeuvre that will be invaluable for future generations seeking to understand the reception of these texts in academia and popular culture. . . . This work is a worthwhile anthology that builds upon Whited's initial collection, Ivory Tower and Harry Potter: Perspectives on a Literary Phenomenon, and gives voice to writers spearheading this field of study.” —Journal of Popular Culture 

Notă biografică

Lana A. Whited is Professor of English and Director of the Boone Honors Program at Ferrum College. She is the author or editor of four books, including Critical Insights: The Harry Potter Series and The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter: Perspectives on a Literary Phenomenon.