Critical Insights The Harry Potter Series

Edited by M. Katherine Grimes (Associate Professor of English, Ferrum College) and Lana A. Whited (Professor of English and Director of the Boone Honors Program, Ferrum College), this volume provides fourteen insightful essays that dig deep at the heart of Rowling's magnum opus. Included in these new compilation are surveys of the books' critical responses; comparisons to Arthurian legend and the entire scope of Western literature; analyses of the portrayals of men, women, goodness, and godlines