Questions for JKR & Schafer book

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<carolynwhite2 at a...> wrote:

> Kelly has this query:
> 
> I've come across a rather lengthy thread discussing Schafer's Harry 
> Potter guidebook (I think that was the Beachum one).  Several 
> different ideas are discussed here (her ideas on the possible 
> symbolism, origins of names, dating the books, etc.) as well as much 
> evaluation of the book itself (does she present new ideas or just the 
> same stuff list readers have already discussed, are her ideas valid 
> or is she just an academic trying to present as many classic 
> connections as possible, is the book worth buying, etc.).  Perhaps 
> this topic could use it's own category?  For discussion of published 
> analyses of the series?  
> 
> My thoughts were:
> 
> As I remember, everyone thinks the book is a load of rubbish, don't 
> they? I believe she made a lot of mistakes (?). We could add a code 
> under 'Controversies' perhaps, like we have for Stouffer? Or would it 
> be more appropriate somewhere under literary criticism in section 1? 
> 
> What does anyone else think?
> 
> Carolyn

I would have happily coded it into the new Reader Response category,
I'm sure.

By the way, those orphan Club posts you mentioned aren't mine, are
they? I believe I accepted your offer to kill them off after
my...hiatus...but I'm suddenly unsure of my memory.

Anne