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Reading Harry Potter Again: New Critical Essays extends the discussion of the Harry Potter books by covering the entire series in one new and comprehensive volume.As was argued in Reading Harry Potter: Critical Essays (Praeger, 2003), interpreting the underlying messages and themes of the Harry Potter series is vital for understanding the ways in which we perceive and interact with each other in contemporary society. The novels and corresponding film adaptations have broken records with their astonishing sales and widespread acclaim. They have also generated a plethora of writing—by critics, academics, and fans. J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books could easily be called this generation's most formative narratives, and thus certainly warrant critical attention.This new volume of essays covers the entire seven-book sequence. Contributors consider myriad themes from a variety of perspectives. Areas addressed include religion, morality, race, magic, and other themes popular in discussing the books. With this book in hand, fans of the series—indeed anyone interested in the Harry Potter phenomenon—will better appreciate and understand Rowling's work and the impact of her stories on our culture and on our times.
Giselle Liza Anatol is Associate Professor of English at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. She is the editor of Reading Harry Potter: Critical Essays (Praeger, 2003), and has published several journal articles, book chapters, and other publications.
AcknowledgmentsIntroductionGiselle Liza Anatol1. Harry the Teenager: Muggle Themes in a Magical AdolescenceLisa DamourI. Religion and Morality2. The Lightning Bolt Scar as a Lightning Rod: J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series and the Rhetoric of the Extreme RightRebecca L. Stephens3. The Potterverse and the Pulpits: Beyond Apologia and BanningsPeggy Lin Duthie4. Causation, Prophetic Visions, and the Free Will Question in Harry PotterPatricia Donaher and James M. Okapal5. Harry Potter and Narratives of DestinyLisa Hopkins6. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Lies in Harry PotterChantel M. LavoieII. The Politics of Harry Potter: Issues of Gender, Race, and Class7. Happily Ever After: Harry Potter and the Quest for the DomesticXimena Gallardo C. and C. Jason Smith8. The Replication of Victorian Racial Ideology in Harry PotterGiselle Liza Anatol9. A Marxist Inquiry into J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter SeriesShama Rangwala10. Secret Domination or Civic Duty: The Source and Purpose of Magical Power in Harry PotterMargaret J. OakesIII. The Socio-Cultural Impact of the Harry Potter Series11. Hermione and the House-Elves Revisited: J.K. Rowling, Antislavery Campaigning, and the Politics of PotterBrycchan Carey12. (Dis)Order and the Phoenix: Love and Political Resistance in Harry PotterTracy L. Bealer13. Militant Literacy: Hermione Granger, Rita Skeeter, Dolores Umbridge, and the (Mis)use of TextLeslee Friedman14. Doubling, Transfiguration, and Haunting: The Art of Adapting Harry Potter for FilmMichael K. JohnsonSelected BibliographyIndexAbout the Editor and Contributors