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Muggles, monsters and magicians : a literary analysis of the Harry Potter series

Part of the Kulturelle Identitaeten. Studien zur Entwicklung der europaeischen Kulturen der Neuzeit / Cultural Identities. Studies in Early Modern and Modern European Cultures series
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Harry Potter's global triumph is without precedent.

Economically it is the most successful children's book ever published and at the same time it has become the most widely discussed text for young adults.

Why is this so? What does the text offer to its readers? Muggles, Monsters and Magicians deals with these issues and answers these questions.

On the basis of a carefully conducted text-based analysis of the whole series it argues that, from a purely literary point of view, Pottermania is not entirely comprehensible.

It identifies Rowling's narrative techniques, explains the world view underlying this series and links it to the literary genres of children's and fantastic literature.

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Peter Lang AG
3631566611 / 9783631566619
Paperback / softback
823.92
26/06/2008
Germany
English
xi, 471 pages
21 cm
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