Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter

<p>This thoroughly revised edition includes updated essays on cultural themes and literary analysis and its new essays analyze the full scope of the seven-book series as both pop cultural phenomenon and as a set of literary texts. <em>Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter Second Edition</em> draws on a wider range of intellectual traditions to explore the texts including moral-theological analysis psychoanalytic perspectives and philosophy of technology. The Harry Potter novels engage the social cultural and psychological preoccupations of our times and <em>Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter Second Edition</em> examines these worlds of consciousness and culture ultimately revealing how modern anxieties and fixations are reflected in these powerful texts. </p><p> (DISCLAIMER: This book is not authorized approved licensed or endorsed by J.K. Rowling Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. or anyone associated with the Harry Potter books or movies.)</p>