02817nam 2200565 a 450 991082277400332120200520144314.00-8262-6330-5(CKB)1000000000004278(SSID)ssj0000184702(MiAaPQ)EBC3570766(Au-PeEL)EBL3570766(CaPaEBR)ebr10048231(OCoLC)56424948(EXLCZ)99100000000000427820020810d2002 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe ivory tower and Harry Potter perspectives on a literary phenomenon /Lana A. Whited, editor1st ed.Columbia University of Missouri Press2002x, 408 pBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8262-1443-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-389) and index.Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Harry Potter -- I Harry's Cousins in the Magical Realm -- Harry Potter and the Secret Password -- The Education of a Wizard -- II Harry's Roots in Epic, Myth, and Folklore -- In Medias Res -- Of Magicals and Muggles -- Harry Potter -- III Harry's Other Literary Relatives -- Harry Potter and the Extraordinariness of the Ordinary -- Harry Potter, Tom Brown, and the British School Story -- IV Greater than Gold in Gringotts -- Crowning the King -- What Would Harry Do? -- V Gender Issues and Harry Potter -- Hermione Granger and the Heritage of Gender -- Locating Harry Potter in the "Boys' Book" Market -- VI Harry's Language -- You Say "Jelly," I Say "Jell-O"? -- Harry Potter and the Tower of Babel -- VII Commodity and Culture in the World of Harry Potter -- Specters of Thatcherism -- Harry Potter and the Technology of Magic -- Apprentice Wizards Welcome -- About the Contributors -- Bibliography -- Index.ChildrenBooks and readingEnglish-speaking countriesChildren's stories, EnglishHistory and criticismFantasy fiction, EnglishHistory and criticismPotter, Harry (Fictitious character)Wizards in literatureMagic in literatureChildrenBooks and readingChildren's stories, EnglishHistory and criticism.Fantasy fiction, EnglishHistory and criticism.Potter, Harry (Fictitious character)Wizards in literature.Magic in literature.823/.914Whited Lana A.1958-1483378MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822774003321The ivory tower and Harry Potter4058748UNINA