| Description |
118 pages ; 20cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
1. The boy who lived in Middle England -- 2. Harry Potter and the reinvention of the past -- 3. Harry Potter and the temples of gloom -- 4. Harry Potter and cultural turn -- 5. Harry Potter and the old reader -- 6. Harry Potter and the new consumer -- 7. The boy who lived and the death of God -- 8. Harry Potter and the wizard's blood -- 9. Harry Potter and the rebranding of Britain |
| Summary |
As the British state begins to unravel, and journalists compete to pronounce on the death of Britain, a schoolboy from suburban Surrey who lives for most of the year in a semi-parallel universe becomes the most popular figure in contemporary world literature. Harry Potter is an orphan, oppressed and abused by the adults around him, who retreats into a fantasy world. But ironically, as Andrew Blake makes clear, J.K. Rowling rescues her character through the reinvention of that apex of class privilege, the English public school, a literary conceit that problematises Harry Potter's status as a role model and raises important social questions about the state of Blair's Britain. Andrew Blake's examination of the Harry Potter phenomenon, the literary equivalent of fast food, also raises serious questions about the condition of the publishing industry, and filmmaking, and the ways in which the Potter consumer campaign has changed our ideas about literature and reading. Blake reflects on the ways in which these connections act as a template for Harry Potter's extraordinary international success |
| Notes |
Includes bibliography and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliogaphical references ([pages 115-116]) and index |
| Subject |
Rowling, J. K. (Joanne Kathleen) -- Characters.
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Rowling, J. K. (Joanne Kathleen) -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Potter, Harry (Fictitious character)
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Rowling, J. K. -- Characters.
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Rowling, J. K. -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Rowling, J. K. -- Characters -- Harry Potter
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Potter, Harry (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction.
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Literature and society.
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Magic in literature.
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Wizards -- Juvenile fiction.
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Literature publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Wizards in literature.
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Children's stories, English -- History and criticism.
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Fantasy fiction, English -- History and criticism.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- In literature.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100286
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| Genre/Form |
Children's stories
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Fiction.
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History.
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Juvenile works.
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Children's stories.
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Nonfiction
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Fiction.
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| LC no. |
2003464803 |
| ISBN |
1859846661 |
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