On the Trail of Harry Potter

by vera g. lee

Overview

IN SEARCH OF HARRY POTTER demonstrates how J. K. Rowling created a blockbuster through the development of her characters and their psychological interactions, through her masterful plotting and through her humor, wit and style. It is the first readable literary analysis of all seven volumes of the story. Beyond the series itself, it also includes Rowling's post-Potter publications and compares the Harry Potter books with the films based on them.

This study explains how and why Harry Potter is not a mere turn-of-the century fad but a classic that will continue to capture the imagination of readers of all ages, throughout the world.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014333542
Publisher:	pitapat press
Publication date:	02/01/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	230
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Vera G. Lee is the author of thirteen books and numerous articles in journals such as Harvard Magazine, Planning, Drama and Theater and the Romanic Review. Her publications cover a wide range of interests including African-American music, social history, literary analysis and regional planning.

Professor Emerita of Boston College, Lee has also served as Executive Director of the French Library and Cultural Center of Boston, as a grant writer for the National Endowment for the Humanities and as editor of business and academic journals. She was named Officer of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture, received the Palmes Académiques from the French Ministry of Education and was awarded grants from the Mellon Foundation, the Carnegie Institute, the American Philosophical Society, the United States Department of Education and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Among Lee's most recent books are two newly revised editions, The Black and White of American Popular Music from Slavery to World War Two and How to Flirt Outrageously.

Editorial Reviews

A teacher, writer and cultural observer, Professor Emerita Vera G. Lee has done for J. K. Rowling what best-seller sales, blockbuster movies and wildly loyal fans couldn't: She has subjected the seven Harry Potter novels to a probing critical analysis, pronouncing them literary classics that will stand the test of time.

Lee has written an original and often penetrating guide to enrich the experience of reading Rowling's novels.

Chris Bergeron

I especially appreciated Lee's analysis of Rowling's humor, which, as she aptly puts it, "derives from the collision and collusion of two worlds: magic and real."

This book is a remarkable achievement

Prof. René Galand