Follow-up to "Functions" post and brief S.O.S.

[Ebony Elizabeth]

No: HPFGUIDX 2016

Thanks, Rosemary, for your response to my *long* rant.  I'm saving 
your list of events so that I can sit down with it and my copy of SS.

In response to my classmates' assertion that JKR is not writing great 
literature, I've decided this weekend to do my Lit Crit term paper on 
Harry Potter.  If all goes well and my prof sponsors it (not a 
problem), I plan to submit the paper to a conference or two... the 
spring NCTE one comes to mind.  The more English studies 
professionals that write about JKR without being nasty or 
condenscending, the better.

This is where I need help.  I e-mailed Penny this summer with some 
overall thoughts about looking at the series via psychoanalytic 
criticism and some hypothetical conclusions that might be drawn as a 
result.  For the purposes this paper, I'll be focusing on the last 6-
7 chapters of PoA.  However, in order for my reasoning to be 
effective, I need 1) an *authenticated* biographical source for JKR 
and 2) to do a *whole* lot of reading that I may not have time for.

My S.O.S.--

1)  The only JKR bio I have is the Shapiro one, which we have 
determined is not worth the paper it is printed on.  Where can I find 
good background info *off-line*?  Most English types do not trust 
online sources--my undergrad and grad profs frown/frowned on these.

2)  I need to find an author or two whose work is similar to JKRs, 
but whose work has been looked at from the psychoanalytic 
perspective.  I thought of DWJ, but doubt that she'd fit the bill.  
Fantasy readers:  any suggestions?  If not, I'll either have to go 
with Tolkien or Lewis, who are both canonical, but whose bios do not 
parallel JKR's.

Writing the paper is the least of my worries.  :)  It's the little 
foxes that ruin the vineyard... and the critique will be worthless if 
I don't have the source material.  Please e-mail me privately if you 
can help.  Especially if you are a psychologist by trade...

--Ebony