The Harry Potter series / 
editors, Lana A. Whited, M. Katherine Grimes. 
 - ix, 356 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm. 
 - Critical insights .
 - Critical insights. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>About this volume / M. Katherine Grimes, Lana A. Whited -- On J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series / M. Katherine Grimes -- The sustaining power of imagination : biography of J.K. Rowling / Laurie Adams -- "Contemporary" does not mean "modern" : the Harry Potter series as a sampler of western literary traditions / M. Katherine Grimes -- A survey of the critical reception of the Harry Potter series / Lana A. Whited -- The once and future wizard: Arthurian (and anti-Arthurian) themes in the Harry Potter series / Danny Adams -- Moral ambiguity in authority figures in The Hunger Games, Divergent, and the Harry Potter series / Crystal Wilkins -- Mums are good : Harry Potter and the traditional depictions of women / Jeanne Hoeker LaHaie -- Rock cakes and reciprocity : food and the male performance of nurturing in Harry Potter / Danielle Bienvenue Bray -- Mentoring in the wizarding world : Dumbledore and his literary ancestors / Christina Vourcos -- The Dark Lord and the Prince : Machiavellian elements in Harry Potter / Todd J. Ide -- Morals vs. Christianity : how Harry Potter goes beyond goodness to godliness / Jenn Colett -- J.K. Rowling : author(ing) celebrity / Saradindu Bhattacharya -- Growing up with Harry Potter : what motivated youth to read the Harry Potter series? / Colette Drouillard -- "Splinched" : the problem of disability in the Harry Potter series / Leigh A. Neithardt -- Harry Potter and the chronotope : suggestive possibilities for theoretical engagement / Margaret Zeegers -- From Sorcerer's Stone to Deathly Hallows : the failed quest for immortality in the Harry Potter Series / Lana A. Whited. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781619255197 1619255197 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015942119 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter series. <br/>Rowling, J. K.--Criticism and interpretation.<br/>Potter, Harry (Fictitious character) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Children's stories, English--History and criticism.--20th century<br/>Children's stories, English--History and criticism.--21st century<br/>Fantasy fiction, English--History and criticism.--20th century<br/>Fantasy fiction, English--History and criticism.--21st century
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR 6068 .O93   / Z94 2015