TY - BOOK AU - Whited,Lana A. TI - The ivory tower and Harry Potter: perspectives on a literary phenomenon SN - 0826214436 AV - PR6068.O93 Z734 2002 U1 - 823/.914 21 PY - 2002/// CY - Columbia PB - University of Missouri Press KW - Rowling, J. K. KW - Potter, Harry KW - Children KW - Books and reading KW - English-speaking countries KW - Children's stories, English KW - History and criticism KW - Fantasy fiction, English KW - Wizards in literature KW - Magic in literature N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-389) and index; Introduction. Harry Potter: From Craze to Classic? / Lana A. Whited. I. Harry's Cousins in the Magical Realm: Harry Potter and the Secret Password: Finding Our Way in the Magical Genre / Amanda Cockrell -- The Education of a Wizard: Harry Potter and His Predecessors / Pat Pinsent. II. Harry's Roots in Epic, Myth, and Folklore: In Medias Res: Harry Potter as Hero-in-Progress / Mary Pharr -- Of Magicals and Muggles: Reversals and Revulsions at Hogwarts / Jann Lacoss -- Harry Potter: Fairy Tale Prince, Real Boy, and Archetypal Hero / M. Katherine Grimes. III. Harry's Other Literary Relatives: Harry Potter and the Extraordinariness of the Ordinary / Roni Natov -- Harry Potter, Tom Brown, and the British School Story: Lost in Transit? / David K. Steege. IV. Greater than Gold in Gringotts: Questions of Authority and Values : Crowning the King: Harry Potter and the Construction of Authority / Farah Mendlesohn -- What Would Harry Do? J. K. Rowling and Lawrence Kohlberg's Theories of Moral Development -- Lana A. Whited, with M. Katherine Grimes. V. Gender Issues and Harry Potter: Hermione Granger and the Heritage of Gender / Eliza T. Dresang -- Locating Harry Potter in the "Boys' Book" Market / Terri Doughty. VI. Harry's Language: Taking Issue with Words: You Say "Jelly," I Say "Jell-O": Harry Potter and the Transfiguration of Language / Philip Nel -- Harry Potter and the Tower of Babel: Translating the Magic / Nancy K. Jentsch. VII. Commodity and Culture in the World of Harry Potter: Specters of Thatcherism: Contemporary British Culture in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series / Karin E. Westman -- Harry Potter and the Technology of Magic / Elizabeth Teare -- Apprentice Wizards Welcome: Fan Communities and the Culture of Harry Potter / Rebecca Sutherland Borah ER -