Reading Harry Potter: Critical Essays

By: Epstein, David G.

J. K. Rowling achieved astounding commercial success with her series of novels about Harry Potter, the boy-wizard who finds out about his magical powers on the morning of his eleventh birthday. The books' incredible popularity, and the subsequent likelihood that they are among this generation's most formative narratives, call for critical exploration and study to interpret the works' inherent tropes and themes. The essays in this collection assume...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313320675
• ISBN13: 9780313320675
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"