JK Rowling's Harry Potter Novels: A Reader's Guide (Continuum Contemporaries Series)

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2001
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This work is part of the Continuum Contemporaries series giving readers accessible and informative introductions to 30 of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential contemporary novels. It contains a biography of the novelist, a full-length study of the novel, a summary of how the novel was received upon publication, a summary of how the novel has performed since publication, and a wide range of suggestions for further reading.

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This work is part of the Continuum Contemporaries series giving readers accessible and informative introductions to 30 of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential contemporary novels. It contains a biography of the novelist, a full-length study of the novel, a summary of how the novel was received upon publication, a summary of how the novel has performed since publication, and a wide range of suggestions for further reading.

$23.06

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 96
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 15 Nov 2001
ISBN 10: 0826452329
ISBN 13: 9780826452320

Media Reviews

Study Aids Get Chic

Concerned about keeping up at the book club? Stuck for something to say when dinner party talk turns to Zadie Smith? Or no time to read Captain Corelli s Mandolin before the movie comes out? Never fear, cool new study aids are here in the form of Continuum Contemporaries The Novel Approach, a series of handy readers guides to contemporary fiction. Launching in September, with further waves in January and May 2002, they re much slicker than the frumpy cheat-aids of yore, including everything from website links to review buzz, and deliberately featuring new novels such as Bridget Jones s Diary, The Shipping News, Trainspotting, and even the Harry Potter books.
the book is certainly successful...the greatest benefit of this book is in the list of works cited.
Orana, 11/02

'Far and away, the single best piece of literary criticism on the Potter series has been Philip Nel's J . K. Rowling's Harry Potter Novels: A Reader's Guide ... there is an excellent list of recommended further readings ...along with classroom discussion questions (mostly for older students); there's also a very extensive and helpful list of Web sites that deal with the books... Nel's analyses are both insightful and helpful, citing a clear moral foundation throughout the series.'

Trelease-on-reading.com

Author Bio

Philip Nel teaches English at Kansas State Univ, USA. He is one of America's leading Harry Potter scholars.