Scholarly journal publishes HP issue

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 121345


If you're writing a paper on HP and need to cite sources or are just
interested in seeing the series treated as serious literature in a
scholarly journal, check this out. TOPIC, the Washington and Jefferson
College Review, has devoted a whole issue, Volume 54 (Fall 2004) to
the HP series. (Links below.)

The Leaky Cauldron, which is where I found the information, also links
to the site, including a page where you can download an order form for
that issue of the journal.

One of the articles has the interesting title, "Tolkien as Rowling's
Patronus against the Creatures," erm, "Critics." There's also a second
article on Rowling and Tolkien, one on the obvious topic of adult vs.
children's lit., one on truth and lies, one on Hermione's "quest for
knowledge," one on the "aesthetic beauty" of the books' structure, and
one on Harry's trauma in "surviving to bear witness," presumably
relating to the graveyard ordeal in GoF, and several others that you
may or may not find interesting.

You can see the cover at this URL

http://www.washjeff.edu/topic/

and the Table of Contents at this one:

http://www.washjeff.edu/topic/issues.htm

Carol, wishing she had a copy to thumb through right now