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Not since the Beatles in the 1960s has an export from Great Britain taken the world by storm as J. K. Rowling has with her popular Harry Potter series. From a modest beginning, the series has gone on to sell more than 260 million copies worldwide and has been translated into more than 60 languages. While readers young and old enjoy the books, Rowling's success has come with controversy. She is seen as both a champion for literacy, who encourages children to read 800 page novels full of Latin and mythological allusions; and as a shaman who turns young readers into mass consumers and children's literature into a highly marketable commodity. This encyclopedia is a detailed guide to her life and works. The volume presents hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries on Rowling's characters, themes, settings, motifs, spells, potions, curses, and magical creatures; the people, places, and events that shaped her life; and films, merchandising, conventions, fan fiction, and other topics related to the presence of Harry Potter in popular culture. Among the entries are: - Albus Dumbledore - Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans - Book Bannings and Burnings - Critical Reception - Hermione Granger -

Author

Kirk, Connie Ann.

Publisher

Greenwood Press; ABC-CLIO, LLC

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780313335563

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Memoir