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21
Cf. Marjorie Hope Nicholson and Nora M. Mohler, “The Scientific Background of Swift’s Voyage to Laputa,” in
Science and Imagination,
ed. Marjorie Hope Nicholson (Cornell University Press), cited in
Gulliver’s Travels
, ed. John Chalker (New York: Penguin Classics, 1985), p. 356 n. 25.
Cf. Marjorie Hope Nicholson and Nora M. Mohler, “The Scientific Background of Swift’s Voyage to Laputa,” in
Science and Imagination,
ed. Marjorie Hope Nicholson (Cornell University Press), cited in
Gulliver’s Travels
, ed. John Chalker (New York: Penguin Classics, 1985), p. 356 n. 25.
22
Claude Rawson
. Introduction to Gulliver’s Travels
by Jonathan Swift (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005), p. xliv.
Claude Rawson
. Introduction to Gulliver’s Travels
by Jonathan Swift (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005), p. xliv.
23
I neglect here the positive solutions Ms. Rowling offers within her satire of schools, media, and government in the Cave. I can do this because it is covered so well in Travis Prinzi’s
Harry Potter and Imagination
(Zossima, 2008), especially the chapters on education and on the members of the Order of the Phoenix as Fabian Socialists, Ms. Rowling’s proper political designation.
I neglect here the positive solutions Ms. Rowling offers within her satire of schools, media, and government in the Cave. I can do this because it is covered so well in Travis Prinzi’s
Harry Potter and Imagination
(Zossima, 2008), especially the chapters on education and on the members of the Order of the Phoenix as Fabian Socialists, Ms. Rowling’s proper political designation.
Chapter Seven:
Harry Potter
as an Everyman Allegory
Harry Potter
as an Everyman Allegory
1
Lewis, C. S. Letter to Ms. Hook, December 29, 1958, and
The Allegory of Love
(II), quoted in Walter Hooper’s
C. S. Lewis: Companion and Guide
(New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 1996), p. 551.
Lewis, C. S. Letter to Ms. Hook, December 29, 1958, and
The Allegory of Love
(II), quoted in Walter Hooper’s
C. S. Lewis: Companion and Guide
(New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 1996), p. 551.
2
Lepore, “The Lion and the Mouse.”
Lepore, “The Lion and the Mouse.”
3
Robertson, D. W., Jr.
A Preface to Chaucer: Studies in Medieval Perspective
(New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1962), pp. 366-367.
Robertson, D. W., Jr.
A Preface to Chaucer: Studies in Medieval Perspective
(New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1962), pp. 366-367.
4
Robertson, D. W., Jr.
Essays in Medieval Culture,
“The Allegorist and the Aesthetician” (New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1980), pp. 99-100.
Robertson, D. W., Jr.
Essays in Medieval Culture,
“The Allegorist and the Aesthetician” (New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1980), pp. 99-100.
5
The allegorical meaning of the Chamber scene is explained in detail in “Harry Potter and the Inklings: The Christian Meaning of
The Chamber of Secrets
,” which I wrote in 2002. The article in its entirety is posted at
http://www.george-macdonald.com/harry_potter_granger.htm
.
The allegorical meaning of the Chamber scene is explained in detail in “Harry Potter and the Inklings: The Christian Meaning of
The Chamber of Secrets
,” which I wrote in 2002. The article in its entirety is posted at
http://www.george-macdonald.com/harry_potter_granger.htm
.
6
The allegorical meaning of Harry’s walk into the forest is given in step-by-step detail in chapter three of
The Deathly Hallows Lectures
(Zossima, 2008).
The allegorical meaning of Harry’s walk into the forest is given in step-by-step detail in chapter three of
The Deathly Hallows Lectures
(Zossima, 2008).
10
See “Hagrid’s Tale” (
Order of the Phoenix
, chapter twenty), “Elf Tails” (
Half-Blood Prince
, chapter nineteen), and “Kreacher’s Tale” and “The Prince’s Tale” (
Deathly Hallows
, chapter ten and chapter thirty-three), not to mention “The Tale of the Three Brothers” (
Deathly Hallows
, chapter twenty-one).
See “Hagrid’s Tale” (
Order of the Phoenix
, chapter twenty), “Elf Tails” (
Half-Blood Prince
, chapter nineteen), and “Kreacher’s Tale” and “The Prince’s Tale” (
Deathly Hallows
, chapter ten and chapter thirty-three), not to mention “The Tale of the Three Brothers” (
Deathly Hallows
, chapter twenty-one).
11
“The Tale of the Three Brothers” and the fates of Voldemort, Dumbledore, and Harry are obviously meant to be read in parallel. Voldemort dies as does the older brother because he is unworthy of the Death Stick, Dumbledore dies in a story echo of the second brother after he rashly tries to use the Resurrection Stone to see his late sister, and Harry’s story is largely about his becoming the Unseen All Seeing-Eye/I beneath the Invisibility Cloak (about which, see chapter ten).
“The Tale of the Three Brothers” and the fates of Voldemort, Dumbledore, and Harry are obviously meant to be read in parallel. Voldemort dies as does the older brother because he is unworthy of the Death Stick, Dumbledore dies in a story echo of the second brother after he rashly tries to use the Resurrection Stone to see his late sister, and Harry’s story is largely about his becoming the Unseen All Seeing-Eye/I beneath the Invisibility Cloak (about which, see chapter ten).
13
Ibid.
Ibid.
14
From
The Idiot
(1868) the character speaking is Prince Myshkin the hero of the piece, who is, however, overexcited, naïve, and prone to epileptic fits, not unlike Dostoevsky: “Roman Catholicism is even worse than Atheism itself, in my opinion! Yes, that’s my opinion! Atheism only preaches a negation, but Catholicism goes further: it preaches a distorted Christ, a Christ calumniated and defamed by themselves, the opposite of Christ! It preaches the Antichrist, I declare it does, I assure you it does!”
From
The Idiot
(1868) the character speaking is Prince Myshkin the hero of the piece, who is, however, overexcited, naïve, and prone to epileptic fits, not unlike Dostoevsky: “Roman Catholicism is even worse than Atheism itself, in my opinion! Yes, that’s my opinion! Atheism only preaches a negation, but Catholicism goes further: it preaches a distorted Christ, a Christ calumniated and defamed by themselves, the opposite of Christ! It preaches the Antichrist, I declare it does, I assure you it does!”
15
Not unlike the “emblems” and images in the “House of the Interpreter” Bunyan’s Christian understands before being freed of his backpack loaded with sins in
Pilgrim’s Progress
’s “Place of Deliverance.”
Not unlike the “emblems” and images in the “House of the Interpreter” Bunyan’s Christian understands before being freed of his backpack loaded with sins in
Pilgrim’s Progress
’s “Place of Deliverance.”
16
Landow, George P. “Closing the Frame: Having Faith and Keeping Faith in Tennyson’s ‘The Passing of Arthur,’ ”
Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester
56 (1974), 423-442. Cited in “The Passing of Arthur” and “In Memoriam.”
Landow, George P. “Closing the Frame: Having Faith and Keeping Faith in Tennyson’s ‘The Passing of Arthur,’ ”
Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester
56 (1974), 423-442. Cited in “The Passing of Arthur” and “In Memoriam.”
18
Vieira, “Harry Potter.”
Vieira, “Harry Potter.”
Chapter Eight: The Magical Center of the Circle
3
Lewis, C. S.
The Literary Impact of the Authorised Version.
The Ethel M. Wood Lecture delivered before the University of London on March 20, 1950 (London: The Athlone Press, 1950), p. 26.
Lewis, C. S.
The Literary Impact of the Authorised Version.
The Ethel M. Wood Lecture delivered before the University of London on March 20, 1950 (London: The Athlone Press, 1950), p. 26.
4
Lings, Martin.
Shakespeare’s Window into the Soul: The Mystical Wisdom in Shakespeare’s Characters
(New York: Inner Traditions, 2006), pp. 193-195.
Lings, Martin.
Shakespeare’s Window into the Soul: The Mystical Wisdom in Shakespeare’s Characters
(New York: Inner Traditions, 2006), pp. 193-195.
5
Gilson, Nancy. “A Fantastic Success for J. K. Rowling,”
Columbus Dispatch
(Ohio), October 28, 1999. See
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/1999/1099-columbusdisp-gilson.html
.
Gilson, Nancy. “A Fantastic Success for J. K. Rowling,”
Columbus Dispatch
(Ohio), October 28, 1999. See
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/1999/1099-columbusdisp-gilson.html
.
6
Fraser, Lindsay. “Harry Potter—Harry and Me,”
The Scotsman
, November 2002. See
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2002/1102-fraser-scotsman.html
.
Fraser, Lindsay. “Harry Potter—Harry and Me,”
The Scotsman
, November 2002. See
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2002/1102-fraser-scotsman.html
.
7
America Online chat transcript.
AOL.com
, October 19, 2000. See
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2000/1000-aol-chat.htm
.
America Online chat transcript.
AOL.com
, October 19, 2000. See
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2000/1000-aol-chat.htm
.
8
J. K. Rowling at the Edinburgh Book Festival, Sunday, August 15, 2004. See
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2004/0804-ebf.htm
.
J. K. Rowling at the Edinburgh Book Festival, Sunday, August 15, 2004. See
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2004/0804-ebf.htm
.
9
Prinzi, Travis. “Dumbledore, the Order of the Phoenix, and the Fabian Society,” June 2006; Prinzi credits David Colbert (
Magical Worlds of Harry Potter
) for spotting the Fabian Society/Order of the Phoenix name and garb connection. See
http://thehogshead.org/fabian-society-post/
.
Prinzi, Travis. “Dumbledore, the Order of the Phoenix, and the Fabian Society,” June 2006; Prinzi credits David Colbert (
Magical Worlds of Harry Potter
) for spotting the Fabian Society/Order of the Phoenix name and garb connection. See
http://thehogshead.org/fabian-society-post/
.
10
Quoted in Cutsinger, James.
That Man Might Become God: Lectures on Christian Theology
. Unpublished, p. 48: available at
www.cutsinger.net
.
Quoted in Cutsinger, James.
That Man Might Become God: Lectures on Christian Theology
. Unpublished, p. 48: available at
www.cutsinger.net
.
11
Adler, Shawn. “
Harry Potter
Author J. K. Rowling Opens Up About Books’ Christian Imagery,”
MTV.com
, October, 17, 2007. See
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1572107/20071017/index.jhtml
. See also:
http://hogwartsprofessor.com/?p=196
.
Adler, Shawn. “
Harry Potter
Author J. K. Rowling Opens Up About Books’ Christian Imagery,”
MTV.com
, October, 17, 2007. See
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1572107/20071017/index.jhtml
. See also:
http://hogwartsprofessor.com/?p=196
.
12
Burnett, Frances Hodgson. “Mrs. Burnett Not a Christian Scientist,”
Chicago Post
, April 10, 1909; cited in Gerzina,
Frances Hodgson Burnett,
p. xxvii. This 1909 article is a statement by Burnett; it is cited in
The Annotated Secret Garden
, ed. Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina (New York: W. W. Norton, 2007), and printed in full in
The Secret Garden: A Norton Critical Edition,
ed. Gretchen Holbrook Gerzia (New York: W. W. Norton, 2006) pp. 249-250.
Burnett, Frances Hodgson. “Mrs. Burnett Not a Christian Scientist,”
Chicago Post
, April 10, 1909; cited in Gerzina,
Frances Hodgson Burnett,
p. xxvii. This 1909 article is a statement by Burnett; it is cited in
The Annotated Secret Garden
, ed. Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina (New York: W. W. Norton, 2007), and printed in full in
The Secret Garden: A Norton Critical Edition,
ed. Gretchen Holbrook Gerzia (New York: W. W. Norton, 2006) pp. 249-250.
Chapter Nine:
Harry Potter
as Alchemical Reading Magic
Harry Potter
as Alchemical Reading Magic
1
Simpson, Anne. “Face-to-Face with J. K. Rowling: Casting a Spell Over Young Minds,”
The Herald,
December 7, 1991. See
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/1998/1298-herald-simpson.html
.
Simpson, Anne. “Face-to-Face with J. K. Rowling: Casting a Spell Over Young Minds,”
The Herald,
December 7, 1991. See
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/1998/1298-herald-simpson.html
.
2
Much of what follows is based on the three chapters of
Unlocking Harry Potter
(Zossima, 2007) that explore literary alchemy in depth and from the chapter in
The Deathly Hollows Lectures
(Zossima, 2008) devoted to that book’s intricate and involved alchemical artistry. Readers wanting to lean more about the subject should go to these books first.
Much of what follows is based on the three chapters of
Unlocking Harry Potter
(Zossima, 2007) that explore literary alchemy in depth and from the chapter in
The Deathly Hollows Lectures
(Zossima, 2008) devoted to that book’s intricate and involved alchemical artistry. Readers wanting to lean more about the subject should go to these books first.
3
Cf. Stanton J. Linden’s
Darke Hieroglyphicks: Alchemy in English Literature from Chaucer to the Restoration
(University of Kentucky Press, 1998); Lyndy Abraham’s
A Dictionary of Alchemical Imagery
(Cambridge University Press, 1998);
Cauda Pavonis
, an academic journal devoted to literary alchemy; and an alchemical website: See
http://www.levity.com/alchemy/index.html
.
Cf. Stanton J. Linden’s
Darke Hieroglyphicks: Alchemy in English Literature from Chaucer to the Restoration
(University of Kentucky Press, 1998); Lyndy Abraham’s
A Dictionary of Alchemical Imagery
(Cambridge University Press, 1998);
Cauda Pavonis
, an academic journal devoted to literary alchemy; and an alchemical website: See
http://www.levity.com/alchemy/index.html
.
5
See Jean Paris’s “The Alchemistic Theatre” in her
Shakespeare
(Grove Press, 1960) pp. 87-116, and Martin Lings,
The Secret of Shakespeare
(Inner Traditions, 1984).
See Jean Paris’s “The Alchemistic Theatre” in her
Shakespeare
(Grove Press, 1960) pp. 87-116, and Martin Lings,
The Secret of Shakespeare
(Inner Traditions, 1984).
7
Ibid., p. 5.
Ibid., p. 5.
8
Ibid., p. 174.
Ibid., p. 174.
10
Cowell, Alan. “All Aboard the Potter Express,”
New York Times
, July 10, 2000. See
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2000/0700-nyt-cowell.htm
.
Cowell, Alan. “All Aboard the Potter Express,”
New York Times
, July 10, 2000. See
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2000/0700-nyt-cowell.htm
.
11
Smith, Sean.
J. K. Rowling: A Biography
(London: Michael O’Meara Books, 2003), pp. 87-88. Similarly, Mcginty, Stephen. “The J. K. Rowling Story,”
The Scotsman
, June 16, 17, 18, 2003. See
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2003/0616-scotsman-mcginty.html
. See also John Granger’s “Tale of Two Cities: Why We Should Expect a Beheading in
Deathly Hallows
.” See
http://hogwartsprofessor.com/?p=89
.
Smith, Sean.
J. K. Rowling: A Biography
(London: Michael O’Meara Books, 2003), pp. 87-88. Similarly, Mcginty, Stephen. “The J. K. Rowling Story,”
The Scotsman
, June 16, 17, 18, 2003. See
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2003/0616-scotsman-mcginty.html
. See also John Granger’s “Tale of Two Cities: Why We Should Expect a Beheading in
Deathly Hallows
.” See
http://hogwartsprofessor.com/?p=89
.
Chapter Ten: The Secret of the Mirror and the Seeing Eye
1
Renton, “The Story Behind the Potter Legend.”
Renton, “The Story Behind the Potter Legend.”
2
Fraser, “Harry Potter—Harry and Me.”
Fraser, “Harry Potter—Harry and Me.”
3
This is a much-abridged version of
The Deathly Hallows Lectures
, chapter four, “Snape’s Green-Eyed Girl,” used with permission of Zossima Press.
This is a much-abridged version of
The Deathly Hallows Lectures
, chapter four, “Snape’s Green-Eyed Girl,” used with permission of Zossima Press.
4
The following discussion of the Eye in the Mirror is a much-abridged version of chapter five, “The Seeing Eye,” in
The Deathly Hallows Lectures
and used with permission of Zossima Press.
The following discussion of the Eye in the Mirror is a much-abridged version of chapter five, “The Seeing Eye,” in
The Deathly Hallows Lectures
and used with permission of Zossima Press.
5
From an interview in
El País
from February 2008. See
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2008/2/9/jk r-discusses-dursley-family -religion-us-presidential-election-and-more-in-new-interview.
From an interview in
El País
from February 2008. See
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2008/2/9/jk r-discusses-dursley-family -religion-us-presidential-election-and-more-in-new-interview.
6
Lewis, C. S.
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
(New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1955), pp. 208-209.
Lewis, C. S.
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
(New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1955), pp. 208-209.
7
Lewis, C. S. “The Seeing Eye,” in
Essay Collection
(Toronto: HarperCollins, 2003), chapter 8, pp. 58-65.
Lewis, C. S. “The Seeing Eye,” in
Essay Collection
(Toronto: HarperCollins, 2003), chapter 8, pp. 58-65.
9
The
Chronicles of Narnia
and
The Lord of the Rings
; the latter is often described as a “trilogy,” though it is six books, often published as three. With
The Hobbit
as prequel, it is a seven-book epic.
The
Chronicles of Narnia
and
The Lord of the Rings
; the latter is often described as a “trilogy,” though it is six books, often published as three. With
The Hobbit
as prequel, it is a seven-book epic.
11
Mendelsohn, Farah. “The Portal-Quest Fantasy,” in
Rhetorics of Fantasy
(Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan, 2008), chapter 1, p. 1.
Mendelsohn, Farah. “The Portal-Quest Fantasy,” in
Rhetorics of Fantasy
(Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan, 2008), chapter 1, p. 1.
12
All Tolkien/Rowling echoes courtesy of Maureen Lamson in comments at Hogwarts Professor, my weblog:
http://hogwartsprofessor.com/?p=462#comment-37322
.
All Tolkien/Rowling echoes courtesy of Maureen Lamson in comments at Hogwarts Professor, my weblog:
http://hogwartsprofessor.com/?p=462#comment-37322
.
13
CSL: The Bulletin of the New York C. S. Lewis Society, “Harry Potter Is a Hobbit.” May/June, 2004, Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 1-12. See
http://www.prpc-stl.org/auto_images/1183926416harry_is_a_hobbit.pdf
.
CSL: The Bulletin of the New York C. S. Lewis Society, “Harry Potter Is a Hobbit.” May/June, 2004, Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 1-12. See
http://www.prpc-stl.org/auto_images/1183926416harry_is_a_hobbit.pdf
.
14
All Tolkien/Rowling echoes courtesy of Maureen Lamson in comments at Hogwarts Professor, my weblog:
http://hogwartsprofessor.com/?p=462#comment-37322
.
All Tolkien/Rowling echoes courtesy of Maureen Lamson in comments at Hogwarts Professor, my weblog:
http://hogwartsprofessor.com/?p=462#comment-37322
.
15
Electronic Telegraph, August 2, 1997. See
http://www.accio-quote. org/articles/1997/0897-telegraph-dunn.html.
All Rowling quotations and sources about Narnia and C. S. Lewis that follow are taken from Maureen Lamson’s response to a post at HogwartsProfessor .com:
http://hogwartsprofessor.com/?p=462#comment-37322
.
Electronic Telegraph, August 2, 1997. See
http://www.accio-quote. org/articles/1997/0897-telegraph-dunn.html.
All Rowling quotations and sources about Narnia and C. S. Lewis that follow are taken from Maureen Lamson’s response to a post at HogwartsProfessor .com:
http://hogwartsprofessor.com/?p=462#comment-37322
.
16
Williams, Rhys. “The Spotty Schoolboy and Single Mother Taking the Mantle from Roald Dahl,”
The Independent
(London), January 29, 1999. See
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/1999/0199-independent-williams.html
.
Williams, Rhys. “The Spotty Schoolboy and Single Mother Taking the Mantle from Roald Dahl,”
The Independent
(London), January 29, 1999. See
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/1999/0199-independent-williams.html
.
17
Electronic Telegraph, July 25, 1998. See
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/1998/0798-telegraph-bertodano.html
.
Electronic Telegraph, July 25, 1998. See
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/1998/0798-telegraph-bertodano.html
.
18
Barnes and Noble interview, March 19, 1999. See
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/1999/0399-barnesandnoble.html
.
Barnes and Noble interview, March 19, 1999. See
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/1999/0399-barnesandnoble.html
.
19
Blakeney, Sally. “The Golden Fairytale,”
The Australian
, November 7, 1998. See
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/1998/1198-australian-blakeney.html
.
Blakeney, Sally. “The Golden Fairytale,”
The Australian
, November 7, 1998. See
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/1998/1198-australian-blakeney.html
.
20
ITV, July 16, 2005. See
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2005/0705-edinburgh-ITVcubreporters.htm
.
ITV, July 16, 2005. See
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2005/0705-edinburgh-ITVcubreporters.htm
.
21
Grossman, “J. K. Rowling Hogwarts and All.”
Grossman, “J. K. Rowling Hogwarts and All.”
22
As seen in McGillis, Roderick (ed.)
. George MacDonald: Literary Heritage and Heirs
(Wayne, Pennsylvania: Zossima Press, 2008), pp. 235-236.
As seen in McGillis, Roderick (ed.)
. George MacDonald: Literary Heritage and Heirs
(Wayne, Pennsylvania: Zossima Press, 2008), pp. 235-236.
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