The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter
Subtitle: Perspectives on a Literary Phenomenon
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: December 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780826214430
Subjects: Children's literature studies: general; Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -; Popular Culture - General; Harry Potter; Composition & Creative Writing - General; Rowling, J. K; 20th Century English Novel And Short Story; Juvenile Literature; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; Literary Criticism; British Isles; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Children's Literature - General; Characters; History and criticism; General; Books and reading; Children; Children's stories, English; English-speaking countries; Fantasy fiction, English
First sentence: Since the publication of his first adventure, Harry Potter has caused more disagreement both among parents and others who decide what children ought to be reading, and among the scholars I have talked to, than any other children's book in recent memory.