Harry Potter and Beyond: On J. K. Rowling's Fantasies and Other Fictions - Softcover

Pugh, Tison

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1643360876 ISBN 13: 9781643360874

Verlag: UNIV OF SOUTH CAROLINA PR, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

Harry Potter and Beyond explores J. K. Rowling's beloved best-selling series and its virtuoso reimagining of British literary traditions. Weaving together elements of fantasy, the school-story novel, detective fiction, allegory, and bildungsroman, the Harry Potter novels evade simplistic categorization as children's or fantasy literature. Because the Potter series both breaks new ground and adheres to longstanding narrative formulas, readers can enhance their enjoyment of these epic adventures by better understanding their place in literary history.

Along with the seven foundational novels of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and Beyond assesses the extraordinary range of supplementary material concerning the young wizard and his allies, including the films of the books, the subsequent film series of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the theatrical spectacle Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and a range of other Potter-inspired narratives. Beyond the world of Potter, Pugh surveys Rowling's literary fiction The Casual Vacancy and her detective series featuring Cormoran Strike, written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. Through this comprehensive overview of Rowling's body of work, Pugh reveals the vast web of connections between yesteryear's stories and Rowling's vivid creations.

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Tison Pugh is Pegasus Professor of English at the University of Central Florida. He is the author or editor of more than twenty books in such fields as children's literature, medieval literature, and southern literature.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: UNIV OF SOUTH CAROLINA PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1643360876
• ISBN 13: 9781643360874
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192
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