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Continuum Contemporaries series: J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" Novels: A Reader's Guide (unauthorised)
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Product Description
This work is part of the "Continuum Contemporaries" series giving readers accessible and informative introductions to 30 of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential contemporary novels. It contains a biography of the novelist, a full-length study of the novel, a summary of how the novel was received upon publication, a summary of how the novel has performed since publication, and a wide range of suggestions for further reading.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #553836 in Books
- Published on: 2001-11-15
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 96 pages
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Philip Nel teaches English at Kansas State Univ, USA. He is one of America's leading Harry Potter scholars.
Customer Reviews
This made me love JK even more!
A lot of the books about Harry Potter have been very dodgy, churning out the same old material and stuff. This one is a lot better than most, and I learned some interesting things about the Harry Potter books. Philip Nel has done a lot of research and read a lot of books! And it makes you realise that JK has read even more books, like Jane Austen and CS Lewis. What was also cool was the part where he writes about all the original reviews of the first novel! Including the first ever review, where the reviewer got it exactly right. And at the end the book mentions lots of websites, most of which I knew about but two of them I didn't. Thanks, Mr Nel!
Brilliant
A great analysis of these contemporary novels, with carefully slelcted reviews and background information that give pleasure to studying the books.
Brilliant for the Harry Potter fan!
I found this a fantastic little addition to my volumes about Harry Potter.
Linking the Potter books to various other genres and examples of children's literature, it serves to help the reader make links between Rowling's work and that of others. Nel takes the reader along on a journey through Rowling's world and explores the games that she plays with her readers.
The only downside to the book is that it doesn't and won't cover all of the Harry Potter novels - as some are still to be released!
Still - I suppose Nel could always go back and extend this volume to include all of the books - when they're all released and have been devoured by insatiable fans the world over!
