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Harry Potter Controversies
The ''Harry Potter'' book series by J. K. Rowling Joanne Rowling ( "rolling"; born 31 July 1965), also known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author and Philanthropy, philanthropist. She wrote ''Harry Potter'', a seven-volume children's fantasy series published from 1997 to ... has resulted in numerous controversies over its publication and content, primarily in the realms of law and religion. For further information see: * Religious debates over the ''Harry Potter'' series * Legal disputes over the ''Harry Potter'' series * Politics of ''Harry Potter'' * ''Harry Potter'' influences and analogues {{Media set index ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Potter
''Harry Potter'' is a series of seven fantasy literature, fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young Magician (fantasy), wizard, Harry Potter (character), Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story arc concerns Harry's struggle against Lord Voldemort, a Black magic, dark wizard who intends to become Immortality, immortal, overthrow the wizard governing body known as the Ministry of Magic and subjugate all wizards and Muggles (non-magical people). The series was originally published in English by Bloomsbury Publishing, Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom and Scholastic Corporation, Scholastic Press in the United States. All versions around the world are printed by Grafica Veneta in Italy. A series of many genres, including fantasy, drama, Coming-of-age story, coming-of-age fiction, and the British school story (which i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Religious Debates Over The Harry Potter Series
Religious debates over the ''Harry Potter'' series of books by J. K. Rowling are based on claims that the novels contain occult or Satanic subtexts. A number of Protestant, Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox Christians have argued against the series, as have some Muslims. Supporters of the series have said that the magic in ''Harry Potter'' bears little resemblance to occultism, being more in the vein of fairy tales such as ''Cinderella'' and ''Snow White'', or to the works of C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, both of whom are known for writing fantasy novels with Christian subtexts. Far from promoting a particular religion, some argue, the ''Harry Potter'' novels go out of their way to avoid discussing religion at all. However, the author of the series, J. K. Rowling, describes herself as a Christian, and many have noted the Christian references which she includes in the final novel ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows''. In America, calls for the books to be banned from schools ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legal Disputes Over The Harry Potter Series
Since first coming to wide notice in the late 1990s, the ''Harry Potter'' book series by J. K. Rowling has been the subject of a number of legal disputes. Rowling, her various publishers and Time Warner, the owner of the rights to the ''Harry Potter'' films, have taken numerous legal actions to protect their copyrights, and also have fielded accusations of copyright theft themselves. The worldwide popularity of the ''Harry Potter'' series has led to the appearance of a number of locally-produced, unauthorised sequels and other derivative works, leading to efforts to ban or contain them. While these legal proceedings have countered a number of cases of outright piracy, other attempts have targeted not-for-profit endeavours and have been criticised. Another area of legal dispute involves a series of injunctions obtained by Rowling and her publishers to prohibit anyone from distributing or reading her books before their official release dates. The sweeping powers of these injunction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Politics Of Harry Potter
There are many published theories about the politics of the ''Harry Potter'' books by J. K. Rowling, which range from them containing criticism of racism to anti-government sentiments. According to ''Inside Higher Ed'', doctoral theses have been devoted to the Harry Potter books. There are also several university courses centred on analysis of the Potter series, including an upper division political science course. ''Time'' magazine noted the political and social aspects of Harry Potter in their 2007 Person of the Year issue where Rowling placed third behind politicians Vladimir Putin and Al Gore. ''Harry Potter''s potential social and political impact was called similar to the 19th-century phenomenon of Harriet Beecher Stowe's popular, but critically maligned, book, ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'', which fuelled the abolitionist movement leading up to the American Civil War. When asked about the politics and message in ''Harry Potter'', Rowling explained, "I wanted Harry to leave our wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Potter Influences And Analogues
Writer J. K. Rowling cites several writers as influences in her creation of her bestselling ''Harry Potter'' series. Writers, journalists and critics have noted that the books also have a number of analogues; a wide range of literature, both classical and modern, which Rowling has not openly cited as influences. This article is divided into three sections. The first section lists those authors and books which Rowling has suggested as possible influences on ''Harry Potter''. The second section deals with those books which Rowling has cited as favourites without mentioning possible influences. The third section deals with those analogues which Rowling has not cited either as influences or as favourites but which others have claimed bear comparison with ''Harry Potter''. Acknowledged influences Rowling has never openly credited any single author with inspiration, saying, "I haven't got the faintest idea where my ideas come from, or how my imagination works. I'm just grateful that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
