{"product_id":"j-k-rowling-9780230008502","title":"J. K. Rowling","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCYNTHIA J. HALLETT is an independent scholar and was formerly Associate Professor of English and Foreign Languages at Bennett College for Women, North Carolina, USA. Her previous publications include Scholarly Studies in Harry Potter (2005). PEGGY J. HUEY is an Assistant Professor at Colorado Technical University Online, USA, and an Instructor for DeVry University Online, USA. She has taught at a number of colleges and universities in the USA and has published a range of articles on the Harry Potter books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I wanted this collection to be accessible but stretching, engaging but rigorous and to offer multiple entry points leading to lots of 'threads' for students to pursue. It offers all this and more. The variety of disciplines covered is simply extraordinary: it includes philosophy, religious studies, medicine and politics alongside the more obvious literary and cultural studies...Every essay, without exception is exquisitely written...collectively these essays inspire students to revisit the texts with new critical perspectives.' - THE Textbook Guide\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Abbreviations  Series Editor's Preface  Notes on Contributors  Introduction; C.Hallett  Glorious Food? The Literary and Culinary Heritage of the Harry Potter Series; S.Harris  A Fairy Tale Crew? J.K. Rowling's Characters Under Scrutiny; A.Klaus  The Way of the Wizarding World: Harry Potter and the Magical Bildungsroman; R.T.Tally, Jr.  Bewitching, Abject, Uncanny: Other Spaces in the Harry Potter Films; F.Pheasant-Kelly  Free Will and Determinism: A 'Compatibilist' Reading of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series; C.M.Fouque  Dumbledore's Ethos of Love in Harry Potter; L.Guanio-Uluru  Harry Potter and the Origins of the Occult; E.McAvan  Wizard's Justice and Elf Liberation: Politics and Political Activism in Harry Potter; M.Schulzke  What It Means To Be A Half-Blood: Integrity Versus Fragmentation in Biracial Identity; T.Stockslager  Magic, Medicine and Harry Potter; C.Partin  Harry Potter and the Myriad Mothers: The Maternal Figure as Lioness, Witch and Wardrobe; R.Weaver \u0026amp; K.McMahon-Coleman  'I knew a girl once, whose hair…': Dumbledore and the Closet; J.Daems  'Neither can live while the other survives': Harry Potter and the Extratextual (After)life of J.K. Rowling; P.Ingleton  Further Reading  Index.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51862507749719,"sku":"9780230008502","price":28.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780230008502.jpg?v=1759917977","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/j-k-rowling-9780230008502","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}