Wizard of their age
Subtitle: critical essays from the Harry Potter generation
By: Edited by Cecilia Konchar Farr ; with Contributing Editors Kate Glassman, Jeny McDougal, Sarah Wente, Evan Gaydos, Rachel Armstrong, Kalie Caetano, and Tréza Rosado ; foreword by Giselle Liza Anatol
Publisher: SUNY Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781438454474; 9781438454467; 9781438454481
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation
Description: A Wizard of Their Age began when the students in Cecilia Konchar Farr's "Six Degrees of Harry Potter" course at St. Catherine University kept finding errors in the available scholarship. These students had been reading Harry Potter for their entire literate lives, and they demanded more attention to the details they found significant. "We can do better than this," they said. Konchar Farr, two undergraduate teaching assistants, and five student editors decided to test that hypothesis. After issuing a call for contributions, they selected fifteen thoughtful academic essays by students from across the country. These essays examine the Harry Potter books from a variety of perspectives, including literary, historical, cultural, gender, mythological, psychological, theological, and genetic -- there is even a nursing care plan for Tom Riddle. Interspersed among the essays are brief vignettes entitled "My Harry Potter Story," where students write about their personal encounters with the novels.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.