This book discusses the political and social presumptions ingrained in the texts of the Harry Potter series and examines the manner in which they have been received in different contexts and media. The 2nd edition also contains extensive new material...
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This book discusses the political and social presumptions ingrained in the texts of the Harry Potter series and examines the manner in which they have been received in different contexts and media. The 2nd edition also contains extensive new material which comments on the later books and examines the impact of the phenomenon across the world
"Cover" -- "Half-Title" -- "Series" -- "Title" -- "Copyright" -- "Contents" -- "Acknowledgements" -- "Part I: The Text-to-World Approach (2002)" -- "1 Book Covers" -- "2 Children and Adults" -- "3 The Seriousness of Social and Political Effects" -- "4 Text-to-World Assumptions (Some General Definitions)" -- "5 A Thought about Open and Closed Texts" -- "6 The Irrelevance of J.K. Rowling" -- "7 Children's Literature" -- "8 Fantasy Literature" -- "9 Religious Perspectives" -- "10 Locations and Limitations" -- "Part II: Reading the Harry Potter Novels (2002)" -- "11 Three Worlds" -- "12 Repetition and Progression" -- "13 Evasive Allusions" -- "14 Blood" -- "15 Servants and Slaves" -- "16 The Question of Class" -- "17 Desire" -- "18 The Magic System of Advertising" -- "19 Movie Magic" -- "20 The Beginning" -- "Part III: World-to-Text (2008)" -- "21 Reading Re-Reading Harry Potter" -- "22 The Bulgarian Connection in Harry Potter" -- "23 Harry Potter in China" -- "24 The Harry Potter Fan Fiction Text" -- "Notes" -- "Bibliography"
This book discusses the political and social presumptions ingrained in the texts of the Harry Potter series and examines the manner in which they have been received in different contexts and media. The 2nd edition also contains extensive new material...
more
This book discusses the political and social presumptions ingrained in the texts of the Harry Potter series and examines the manner in which they have been received in different contexts and media. The 2nd edition also contains extensive new material which comments on the later books and examines the impact of the phenomenon across the world. This book discusses the political and social presumptions ingrained in the texts of the Harry Potter series and examines the manner in which they have been received in different contexts and media. The 2nd edition also contains extensive new material which comments on the later books and examines the impact of the phenomenon across the world
Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-273) and index
Previous ed.: 2003
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Part I: The Text-to-World Approach (2002); Part II: Reading the Harry Potter Novels (2002); Part III: World-to-Text (2008); Notes; Bibliography; Index;
