Guide to the Harry Potter Novels

Guide to the Harry Potter Novels

by Julia Eccleshare
Guide to the Harry Potter Novels

Guide to the Harry Potter Novels

by Julia Eccleshare

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Overview

JK Rowling now is half-way through a series which has taken the world by storm. Unusually, she has attracted success both in terms of massive sales figures and critical acclaim. This study will look at her books and consider some of the reasons for their phenomenal success. This will be done against a background of how Harry Potter relates to other contemporary children+ås books so that students and teachers can place them in the context for which they were written.This book has not been authorized by JK Rowling, her agent, or Warner Bros.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780826453174
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 04/22/2002
Series: Contemporary Classics in Children's Literature
Pages: 124
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.26(d)

About the Author

Julia Eccleshare is children's books editor of the Guardian (one of the UK's top broadsheets). She has written on children's books for 25 years and regularly appears on BBC programmes and in "The Bookseller." One of her reviews provided blurb for the first paperback edition of "Harry Potter."

Table of Contents

IntroductionPart I: Background1. The Publishing of a Phenomenon2. The Development of a Series3. The Telling of a Story: sources and referencesPart II: Inside the Books: Closer study4. Hogwarts: The Creation of an enchanted world - and what its purpose is5. Hogwarts: Escape - reasons for separation and methods of escape6. What Rowling says in the Harry Potter books: Society7. What Rowling says in the Harry Potter books: Education8. What Rowling says in the Harry Potter books: FamilyPart III: Conclusion9. The Effect of Harry Potter

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