Newbie Intro and Question

[joanne0012]

No: HPFGUIDX 39190

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Kate Tanski <shindemo_ii at y...> wrote:
> Critic Anthony Holden has labeled the HP series as belonging to the
> 'weary tradition' of school novels a la Tom Brown's Schooldays. There
> are some startling parallels. 

You need to read Pico Iyer's wonderful article, "Playing Fields of Hogwarts," which 
appeared in the New Yorker in late 1999.  He argues that Hogwarts is in many 
ways an accurate reproduction of the classical English boarding schools; as such, 
it would not be derivative of Tom Brown's Schooldays, but rather both would be 
impressions of the genuine places.  Here's a link to the article.

http://partners.nytimes.com/books/99/10/10/bookend/bookend.html