"Harry - yer a wizard" exploring J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Universe

J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series (1997-2007) has turned into a global phenomenon and her "Potterverse" is still expanding. The contributions in this volume provide a range of inter- and transdisciplinary approaches to various dimensions of this multifaceted universe. The introductor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Gymnich, Marion, editor (editor), Birk, Hanne, editor, Burkhard, Denise, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baden-Baden, Germany : Tectum Verlag 2017.
Colección:Wissenschaftliche Beiträge aus dem Tectum Verlag. Reihe Anglistik ; Band 6.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 'Happy birthday, Harry!' : celebrating the success of the Harry Potter phenomenon / Hanne Birk, Denise Burkhard, Marion Gymnich
  • The 'Harry Potter phenomenon' : forms of world building in the novels, the translations, the film series and fandom / Marion Gymnich and Klaus Scheunemann
  • Part I. The Harry Potter series and its sources. The black dog and the boggart : fantastic beasts in Joanne K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban and where to find them / Laura Hartmann
  • J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter : a revival of the Arthurian legend? / Franziska Becker
  • Darkness, danger and death : exploring Gothic places in Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets / Denise Burkhard and Julia Stibane
  • Parallels between Celtic druidism on the British Isles and in Ireland and the magical world of the Harry Potter novels / Jule Lenzen
  • Double, double toil and (gender) trouble : the Gaunt family / Svenja Renzel
  • 'I read about it in Hogwarts : a history' : the reception and function of history in the world of Harry Potter / Naemi Winter
  • 'The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death' : Christian elements in Harry Potter? / Vera Bub
  • Part II. Themes and structures in the Harry Potter series. Conspiracy, persecution and terror : Harry Potter in a post-9/11 world / Michèle Ciba
  • Of muggles and men : identifying racism in the Harry Potter series / Carsten Kullmann
  • 'Can someone just explain what that skull thing was?' : the workings of capital in the wizarding world / Sarah Hofmann
  • Is Harry Potter a criminal? : some thoughts on magical criminal law / Anne Schneider
  • Secrets and forbidden places in Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone / Denise Burkhard
  • Part III. Beyond the Harry Potter series. Haunted by Voldemort or suffering from PTSD : analysing Harry Potter's psychological struggles in adulthood in Harry Potter and the cursed child / Anne Mahler
  • Queerbaiting in the Harry Potter series and in Harry Potter and the cursed child? / Marthe-Siobhán Hecke
  • Native Americans in J.K. Rowling's 'History of magic in North America' on Pottermore / Aleksandra Szczodrowski
  • The dark arts : violence, incest, and rape in Harry Potter fan fictions / Franziska Göbel
  • The ever-expanding Potterverse : Harry Potter and the cursed child - Fantastic beasts and where to find them - Pottermore / Marion Gymnich, Denise Burkhard and Hanne Birk.