Harry Potter's Bookshelf: The Great Books behind the Hogwarts AdventuresHarry Potter. The name conjures up J.K. Rowling's wondrous world of magic that has captured the imaginations of millions on both the printed page and the silver screen with bestselling novels and blockbuster films. The true magic found in this children's fantasy series lies not only in its appeal to people of all ages but in its connection to the greater world of classic literature. Harry Potter's Bookshelf: The Great Books Behind the Hogwarts Adventures explores the literary landscape of themes and genres J.K. Rowling artfully wove throughout her novels-and the influential authors and stories that inspired her. From Jane Austen's Emma and Charles Dickens's class struggles, through the gothic romances of Dracula and Frankenstein and the detective mysteries of Dorothy L. Sayers, to the dramatic alchemy of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and William Shakespeare, Rowling cast a powerful spell with the great books of English literature that transformed the story of a young wizard into a worldwide pop culture phenomenon. |
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... characters and action of myster- ies are largely the same . We are given a disturbing , seemingly insoluble situation , usually involving a murder , preferably in a closed room in which the murderer could not have entered or exited ...
... characters and action of myster- ies are largely the same . We are given a disturbing , seemingly insoluble situation , usually involving a murder , preferably in a closed room in which the murderer could not have entered or exited ...
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... character driven . The detective fiction of Dorothy Sayers is the mystery model for Ms. Rowling's work precisely because of the depth of the development of her characters . Dorothy Sayers : Rule Maker , Rule Breaker Dorothy Sayers's .9 ...
... character driven . The detective fiction of Dorothy Sayers is the mystery model for Ms. Rowling's work precisely because of the depth of the development of her characters . Dorothy Sayers : Rule Maker , Rule Breaker Dorothy Sayers's .9 ...
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... character delineation to give the novel verisimilitude . " Sayers , however , thinks there can be more to good mystery writing and that the formula as proposed by the Detection Club is ultimately limiting . We also took occasion to ...
... character delineation to give the novel verisimilitude . " Sayers , however , thinks there can be more to good mystery writing and that the formula as proposed by the Detection Club is ultimately limiting . We also took occasion to ...
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... characters rather than cardboard cutouts or Clue board figurines . Sayers is known , in fact , as a " character - driven " mystery writer and this is what distinguishes her from the more formulaic whodunit writers of the Golden Age ...
... characters rather than cardboard cutouts or Clue board figurines . Sayers is known , in fact , as a " character - driven " mystery writer and this is what distinguishes her from the more formulaic whodunit writers of the Golden Age ...
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... character - driven books . " What is it about the lead character that keeps us read- ing through books that are up to eight hundred pages long ? It cannot be romance ; Harry's romantic life doesn't begin in earnest until Phoenix , the ...
... character - driven books . " What is it about the lead character that keeps us read- ing through books that are up to eight hundred pages long ? It cannot be romance ; Harry's romantic life doesn't begin in earnest until Phoenix , the ...
Contents
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CHAPTER THREE | 30 |
The Familiar Stage | 41 |
CHAPTER FOUR | 65 |
CHAPTER FIVE | 105 |
The Allegorical Meaning | 139 |
Harry Potter as an Everyman Allegory | 171 |
CHAPTER EIGHT | 197 |
CHAPTER NINE | 218 |
Harry Potter as Alchemical Reading Magic | 227 |
CHAPTER | 257 |
NOTES | 287 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 305 |
CHAPTER SEVEN | 152 |
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Harry Potter's Bookshelf: The Great Books Behind the Hogwarts Adventures John Granger No preview available - 2009 |
Harry Potter's Bookshelf: The Great Books behind the Hogwarts Adventures John Granger No preview available - 2009 |
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