Articles tagged "j.k. rowling"

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The Boy Who Lives On: Harry Potter’s Place in Popular Culture

by Patrick Schabe

[31.Jul.07] :. Harry Potter flew so high in popular cultural consciousness not by some force of magic, but by the simple, sometimes thrilling machinations of pop culture.

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The End of the Potterverse Feature

Classic Harry

by Carlin Romano [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[20.Jul.07] :. With six novels down, at least one to come, J.K. Rowling has elevated herself to among the masters of children's literature.

The End of the Potterverse

The End of the Potterverse Feature

Harry Potter and the judgment of posterity

by Chauncey Mabe [South Florida Sun-Sentinel (MCT)]

[20.Jul.07] :. Now that the conclusion of the seven-book Harry Potter saga is finally upon us, it is not too early to begin placing J.K. Rowling's creation into literary perspective. The Lords of High Culture, not surprisingly, have examined Harry and found him wanting.

The End of the Potterverse

The End of the Potterverse Feature

Harry Potter and the last hurrah

by Alan Cochrum [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[20.Jul.07] :. When it comes to perceptiveness, I cannot claim the talent of Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore. But here are a few thoughts on what readers might -- or might not, or should, or should not -- encounter in Harry's last hurrah.

The End of the Potterverse

The End of the Potterverse Feature

Can Harry Potter conjure a generation of writers? Or, at least, readers?

by John Mark Eberhart [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[20.Jul.07] :. Six years from now, experts believe, some of those youngsters will be writing fantasy and science fiction novels themselves. And if America is really lucky, the Potter generation might be more literate than the one that preceded it.

The End of the Potterverse

The End of the Potterverse Feature

The end is near

by Christopher Kelly [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[20.Jul.07] :. Below, you'll find a spellbinding guide to all of the major characters and conflicts so far -- and what big questions should be answered in Book Seven.

The End of the Potterverse

What awaits the literary world beyond the Deathly Hallows?

by Natasha Derrick [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[20.Jul.07] :. No matter what is following on Harry Potter's heels, Rowling has left a legacy of children's writing to which all fantasy newcomers will be compared.

Harry Potter death odds

by Chauncey Mabe [South Florida Sun-Sentinel (MCT)]

[20.Jul.07] :. Based on remarks made by Rowling, fans are expecting two important characters to die, but it could be more. Here is a rundown on Harry and other principals, along with the odds on their demise.

New York readies for Potter release night frenzy

by Stevenson Swanson [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[18.Jul.07] :. NEW YORK - Harry Potter may be an English wizard, but here in the center of American publishing, he’s about to get an over-the-top Yankee send-off. Come Friday night, the front of the Time...

An old-fashioned icon in a fragmented culture

by J. Peder Zane [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[18.Jul.07] :. Harry Potter is a throwback freak, the residue of a faded age, the likes of whom we may never see again. I don’t mean the archaic fantasy world of Muggles and wizards that author J.K. Rowling...

Daniel Radcliffe talks ‘Harry Potter’

by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[11.Jul.07] :. Daniel Radcliffe has spent the years most young men reserve for rebellion being not only a superior role model for the millions of children who, like him, have grown up with Harry Potter, but also...

In final Harry Potter launch, a tinge of sales magic

by Sarah Turner [MarketWatch (MCT)]

[17.May.07] :. LONDON - In the halls of a London private elementary school, in some ways not so different from the Hogwarts of J.K. Rowling’s wizard world, talk turns often to the final installment of the...

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

by Shandy Casteel

[1.Aug.05] :. With her astonishing run of the first five books, Rowling's magical thrillers have grown increasingly darker, using deaths in books four and five to really give the story's arc an emotional heft the first trio were thin on.