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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.Although a quick Internet search yields a dazzling number of books about Harry Potter, few are as deeply invested or insightful as A Wizard of Their Age. Written and edited by—and for—members of the Harry Potter generation, these essays demonstrate this generation's passionate engagement with the Harry Potter phenomenon and provide numerous critical insights into the individual novels and the series as a whole.

Potter, Harry --- Rowling, J. K. --- Rowling, J.K. --- Rowling, Joanne Kathleen --- Galbraith, Robert --- Potter, Harry James --- Granger, Hermione --- Weasley, Ron --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Children's literature. Juvenile literature --- jeugdliteratuur --- Rowling, Joanne K. --- Rowling, Jo --- Roling, G'e. Ḳe --- Rowlingová, Joanne K. --- Ролінґ, Дж. К. --- Roling, Dz︠h︡. K. --- רולינג, ג׳יי. קיי --- רולינג, ג׳י. קי --- رولينج ، ج.ك --- رولينج، چ. ك. --- Raʼu-liṅ, J. K. --- Luolin, J. K. --- 罗琳, J. K. --- Roliṅga, Je. Ke. --- Rāoliṃ, Je. Ke. --- Роулинг, Дж. К. --- Rouling, Dzh. K. --- Ролинг, Дж. К. --- Scamander, Newt --- Whisp, Kennilworthy --- Rouling, Dzsh. Ḳ. --- ראולינג, דזש. ק.

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J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series (1997-2007) has turned into a global phenomenon and her "Potterverse" is still expanding. The contributions in this volume provide a range of inter- and transdisciplinary approaches to various dimensions of this multifaceted universe. The introductory article focuses on different forms of world building in the novels, the translations, the film series and the fandom. Part I examines various potential sources for Rowling's series in folklore, the Arthurian legend and Gothic literature. Further articles focus on parallels between the "Harry Potter" series and Celtic Druidism, the impact Victorian notions of gender roles have had on the representation of the Gaunt family, the reception of (medieval and Early Modern) history in the series and the influence of Christian concepts on the world view expressed in the novels.

LITERARY CRITICISM --- European --- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. --- Rowling, J. K. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Harry Potter series (Rowling, J.K.). --- Harry Potter films --- Fantasy films --- Miscellanea --- Potter, Harry --- Criticism and interpretation --- Luolin, J. K. --- Rāoliṃ, Je. Ke. --- Raʼu-liṅ, J. K. --- Roling, Dz͡h. K. --- Roling, G'e. Ḳe --- Roliṅga, Je. Ke. --- Rouling, Dzh. K. --- Rowling, Jo --- Rowling, Joanne K. --- Rowlingová, Joanne K. --- Scamander, Newt --- Potter, Harry James --- Granger, Hermione --- Weasley, Ron --- Roling, Dz︠h︡. K. --- Роулинг, Дж. К. --- Ролинг, Дж. К. --- Ролінґ, Дж. К. --- Rouling, Dzsh. Ḳ. --- רולינג, ג׳י. קי --- רולינג, ג׳יי. קיי --- رولينج ، ج.ك --- رولينج، چ. ك. --- 罗琳, J. K. --- ראולינג, דזש. ק. --- Galbraith, Robert --- Whisp, Kennilworthy

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Neither self-effacing modesty nor religious meekness, ontological humility is a moral and philosophical attitude toward transcendence—the unknown and unknowable background of existence—and a recognition and awareness of the contingency and chance that influence the course of our lives. It is a concept that Nancy J. Holland finds both throughout the history of philosophy and across the volumes of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. Tracing it through the philosophical thought of figures ranging from Descartes, Hume, and Kant to Heidegger, Beauvoir, Merleau-Ponty, and Derrida, Holland uses the Harry Potter saga as a guide to illustrate the concept, revealing a whole set of ethical imperatives. Connecting the concept to contemporary gender and race theory, she demonstrates its implications both for our understanding of the philosophical tradition and for the way we live our own lives.

Postmodernism. --- Ontology. --- Knowledge, Theory of. --- Humility. --- Post-modernism --- Postmodernism (Philosophy) --- Arts, Modern --- Avant-garde (Aesthetics) --- Modernism (Art) --- Philosophy, Modern --- Post-postmodernism --- Being --- Philosophy --- Metaphysics --- Necessity (Philosophy) --- Substance (Philosophy) --- Epistemology --- Theory of knowledge --- Psychology --- Meekness --- Rowling, J. K. --- Rowling, J.K. --- Rowling, Joanne Kathleen --- Galbraith, Robert --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Rowling, Joanne K. --- Rowling, Jo --- Roling, G'e. Ḳe --- Rowlingová, Joanne K. --- Ролінґ, Дж. К. --- Roling, Dz︠h︡. K. --- רולינג, ג׳יי. קיי --- רולינג, ג׳י. קי --- رولينج ، ج.ك --- رولينج، چ. ك. --- Raʼu-liṅ, J. K. --- Luolin, J. K. --- 罗琳, J. K. --- Roliṅga, Je. Ke. --- Rāoliṃ, Je. Ke. --- Роулинг, Дж. К. --- Rouling, Dzh. K. --- Ролинг, Дж. К. --- Scamander, Newt --- Whisp, Kennilworthy --- Rouling, Dzsh. Ḳ. --- ראולינג, דזש. ק.

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How is it that J.K. Rowling's apparently simple fantasy school stories have so completely won the hearts and heads of child and adult readers all over the world? Is it that an exceptional marketing campaign has bamboozled otherwise cool-headed and cold-hearted critics? Or is it that our era has a deep-seated need for calm and order to help us to cope with new and distant horizons? Or could it be that children yearn for the magical lives of characters that contrast with their own increasingly constrained and protected existence?

Potter, Harry (Fictitious character). --- Rowling, J. K. --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- English Literature --- Rowling, J.K. --- Potter, Harry --- Rowling, Joanne K. --- Rowling, Jo --- Roling, G'e. Ḳe --- Rowlingová, Joanne K. --- Ролінґ, Дж. К. --- Roling, Dz︠h︡. K. --- רולינג, ג׳יי. קיי --- רולינג, ג׳י. קי --- رولينج ، ج.ك --- رولينج، چ. ك. --- Raʼu-liṅ, J. K. --- Luolin, J. K. --- 罗琳, J. K. --- Roliṅga, Je. Ke. --- Rāoliṃ, Je. Ke. --- Роулинг, Дж. К. --- Rouling, Dzh. K. --- Ролинг, Дж. К. --- Galbraith, Robert --- Scamander, Newt --- Whisp, Kennilworthy --- Potter, Harry James --- Granger, Hermione --- Weasley, Ron --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Characters --- Harry Potter. --- Rouling, Dzsh. Ḳ. --- ראולינג, דזש. ק. --- Rowling, Joanne Kathleen (1965- ) --- Potter, Harry (personnage fictif) --- Littérature pour la jeunesse anglaise --- Roman pour la jeunesse anglophone --- Magiciens --- Magie --- Harry Potter --- Critique et interprétation --- Histoire et critique --- Fantasy fiction, English --- Children's literature, English --- History and criticism.

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Thematology --- Children's literature. Juvenile literature --- jeugdliteratuur --- reizen --- Children's stories, English --- Fantasy fiction, English --- Magic in literature --- Potter, Harry (Fictitious character) --- Wizards in literature --- 857.6-enge --- English children's stories --- English fiction --- History and criticism --- Rowling, J. K. --- Rowling, J.K. --- Rowling, Joanne Kathleen --- Galbraith, Robert --- Characters --- Harry Potter --- Rowling, Joanne K. --- Rowling, Jo --- Roling, G'e. Ḳe --- Rowlingová, Joanne K. --- Ролінґ, Дж. К. --- Roling, Dz︠h︡. K. --- רולינג, ג׳יי. קיי --- רולינג, ג׳י. קי --- رولينج ، ج.ك --- رولينج، چ. ك. --- Raʼu-liṅ, J. K. --- Luolin, J. K. --- 罗琳, J. K. --- Roliṅga, Je. Ke. --- Rāoliṃ, Je. Ke. --- Роулинг, Дж. К. --- Rouling, Dzh. K. --- Ролинг, Дж. К. --- Scamander, Newt --- Whisp, Kennilworthy --- Rouling, Dzsh. Ḳ. --- ראולינג, דזש. ק.