Author: Christine Stearns
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615451626
Category : Fantasy fiction, English
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
This book is an examination of the seven Harry Potter novels as classic quest literature, and an examination of the way the Potter stories celebrate some very important values. Among these are persistence, courage, and friendship. Love plays a crucial role in this story--love is the the power that gives Lily Potter the strength to give her life to save Harry, and it is the denial of the power of love that is the most significant and eventually fatal flaw of Harry's nemesis, Lord Voldemort. The book also discusses other important themes--the importance of free will, the existence of evil, and the quiet power of goodness and humility. The book examines thematic connections between the Potter stories and many other great pieces of literature, including allusions to Shakespeare and the Bible.
The Potter Quest
Author: Christine Stearns
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615451626
Category : Fantasy fiction, English
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
This book is an examination of the seven Harry Potter novels as classic quest literature, and an examination of the way the Potter stories celebrate some very important values. Among these are persistence, courage, and friendship. Love plays a crucial role in this story--love is the the power that gives Lily Potter the strength to give her life to save Harry, and it is the denial of the power of love that is the most significant and eventually fatal flaw of Harry's nemesis, Lord Voldemort. The book also discusses other important themes--the importance of free will, the existence of evil, and the quiet power of goodness and humility. The book examines thematic connections between the Potter stories and many other great pieces of literature, including allusions to Shakespeare and the Bible.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615451626
Category : Fantasy fiction, English
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
This book is an examination of the seven Harry Potter novels as classic quest literature, and an examination of the way the Potter stories celebrate some very important values. Among these are persistence, courage, and friendship. Love plays a crucial role in this story--love is the the power that gives Lily Potter the strength to give her life to save Harry, and it is the denial of the power of love that is the most significant and eventually fatal flaw of Harry's nemesis, Lord Voldemort. The book also discusses other important themes--the importance of free will, the existence of evil, and the quiet power of goodness and humility. The book examines thematic connections between the Potter stories and many other great pieces of literature, including allusions to Shakespeare and the Bible.
The Subversive Harry Potter
Author: Vandana Saxena
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 078648991X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
The seven books in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series bring together a variety of aspects of young adult fiction and portray youthful rebellion as well as cultural containment and an adolescent's negotiations through these conflicting forces. This detailed study of Harry Potter explores the limits of the formulaic structure of adolescent fantasy fiction and also examines the impulse of exploration, subversion, and resistance contained within the formula. Within both subversion and containment in the narrative, young adult fantasy becomes an embodiment of the experience of adolescence--its angst, rebellion and also its journey of personal maturation.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 078648991X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
The seven books in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series bring together a variety of aspects of young adult fiction and portray youthful rebellion as well as cultural containment and an adolescent's negotiations through these conflicting forces. This detailed study of Harry Potter explores the limits of the formulaic structure of adolescent fantasy fiction and also examines the impulse of exploration, subversion, and resistance contained within the formula. Within both subversion and containment in the narrative, young adult fantasy becomes an embodiment of the experience of adolescence--its angst, rebellion and also its journey of personal maturation.
The Potter's House
Author: Isabel Constance Clarke
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society
Author: Massachusetts Historical Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
The Tao of Potter
Author: Brian Donohue
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557671787
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
The stories have been told: now it is time to learn their lessons. Life lessons and psychological insight drawn from the Harry Potter books.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557671787
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
The stories have been told: now it is time to learn their lessons. Life lessons and psychological insight drawn from the Harry Potter books.
Spiritual Quest in the Realm of Harry Potter
Author: Gail Radley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
The Potter's Tale
Author: Dion Alexander
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
ISBN: 0857909452
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
The Potter's Tale is a story of one man's journey of discovery and self discovery on one of the most beautiful islands on the Hebrides – Colonsay. Dion Alexander was 'the Colonsay Potter' through the 1970s and his own story is interwoven with that of some of the legendary characters of the islands in that period, one of the last in which Gaelic came naturally to the community. It is also the story of beginning to think about how to keep a small remote community dominated by a landed estate alive and viable in the face of modern pressures. The Colonsay of the 1970s had no electricity or affordable housing and an erratic ferry service. The book is an autobiography, a reflection of a world still close in time but in some ways very distant interwoven with much of history, tradition and folklore, and a moving account of the trials, triumphs and tribulations of a small community. Above all it is woven with a deep love of the magical place that is Colonsay.
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
ISBN: 0857909452
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
The Potter's Tale is a story of one man's journey of discovery and self discovery on one of the most beautiful islands on the Hebrides – Colonsay. Dion Alexander was 'the Colonsay Potter' through the 1970s and his own story is interwoven with that of some of the legendary characters of the islands in that period, one of the last in which Gaelic came naturally to the community. It is also the story of beginning to think about how to keep a small remote community dominated by a landed estate alive and viable in the face of modern pressures. The Colonsay of the 1970s had no electricity or affordable housing and an erratic ferry service. The book is an autobiography, a reflection of a world still close in time but in some ways very distant interwoven with much of history, tradition and folklore, and a moving account of the trials, triumphs and tribulations of a small community. Above all it is woven with a deep love of the magical place that is Colonsay.
The roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London: Continued to 1993
Author: Royal College of Physicians of London
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Physicians
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Physicians
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Minutes Taken at the Several Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America
Author: Methodist Episcopal Church
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Methodist conferences
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Methodist conferences
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
21st Century Medievalisms
Author: Karl Christian Alvestad
Publisher: Trivent Publishing
ISBN: 6156405798
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
21st Century Medievalisms. Between the Global and Individual is an edited volume consisting of 14 chapters by scholars interested in contemporary medievalisms across the world. It is a timely contribution to the growing scholarship on medievalisms offering chapters that consider both the individual experiences of medievalisms, as well as those of societies and cultures at large. The chapters of the book are grouped into three parts, the first explores stereotypes and myths in medievalisms; the second examines medievalisms that speak to particular communities and audiences; and the third studies how medievalisms are impacted by or stimulate conversations of politics and gender. These chapters all reflect a growing interest in medievalisms, and the appreciation of how they are present, materialise and evolve in different contexts and offers insights into medievalisms in politics, popular culture, social activism and more. Throughout the book, examples and case studies demonstrate how medievalisms in the modern age are at times individual experiences, at other times global phenomena and sometimes are in between. Therefore these medievalisms can speak to different audiences at the same time, showcasing how the Middle Ages and their memory continue to be a pertinent topic of study within the wider field of medieval studies.
Publisher: Trivent Publishing
ISBN: 6156405798
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
21st Century Medievalisms. Between the Global and Individual is an edited volume consisting of 14 chapters by scholars interested in contemporary medievalisms across the world. It is a timely contribution to the growing scholarship on medievalisms offering chapters that consider both the individual experiences of medievalisms, as well as those of societies and cultures at large. The chapters of the book are grouped into three parts, the first explores stereotypes and myths in medievalisms; the second examines medievalisms that speak to particular communities and audiences; and the third studies how medievalisms are impacted by or stimulate conversations of politics and gender. These chapters all reflect a growing interest in medievalisms, and the appreciation of how they are present, materialise and evolve in different contexts and offers insights into medievalisms in politics, popular culture, social activism and more. Throughout the book, examples and case studies demonstrate how medievalisms in the modern age are at times individual experiences, at other times global phenomena and sometimes are in between. Therefore these medievalisms can speak to different audiences at the same time, showcasing how the Middle Ages and their memory continue to be a pertinent topic of study within the wider field of medieval studies.