| Description |
1 online resource (pages cm) |
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Contemporary approaches to film and media series |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
Introduction: Harry Potter and the Magical Screen / John Alberti and P. Andrew Miller -- Part One: Adaptation, Fidelity, and Meaning -- Harry Potter and the Popular Culture of Tomorrow / Andrew Howe -- "Elder" and Wiser: The Filmic Harry Potter and the Rejection of Power / Cassandra Bausman -- Look...at...me...: Gaze Politics and Male Objectification in the Harry Potter Movies / Vera Cuntz-Leng -- Part Two: Transmedia Adaptations -- Harry Potter, Henry Jenkins, and the Visionary J. K. Rowling / Maria Dicieanu -- Epoximise!: The Renegotiation of Film and Literature through Harry Potter GIF Sets / Katharine McCain -- Harry Potter and the Surprising Venue of Literary Critique / Michelle Markey Butler -- Taking Tea at Elephant House: How Potterheads Researched Harry Potter During a Fandom-Focused Study Abroad / Liza Potts, Kelly Turner, and Emily Dallaire |
| Summary |
Transforming Harry: The Adaptation of Harry Potter in the Transmedia Ageis an edited volume of eight essays that look at how the cinematic versions of the seven Harry Potter novels represent an unprecedented cultural event in the history of cinematic adaptation. The movie version of the first Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, premiered in 2001, in between publication of the fourth and fifth books of this global literary phenomenon. As a result, the production and reception of both novel and movie series became intertwined with one another, creating a fanbase who accessed the series first through the books, first through the movies, and in various other combinations. John Alberti and P. Andrew Miller have gathered scholars to explore and examine the cultural, political, aesthetic, and pedagogical dimensions of this pop culture phenomenon and how it has changed the reception of both the films and books. Divided into two sections, the volume addresses both the fidelity of adaptation and the transmedia adaptations that have evolved around the creation of the books and movies. In her essay, Vera Cuntz-Leng draws on feminist film theory to explore the gaze politics and male objectification operating in the Harry Potter movies. Cassandra Bausman contends that screenwriter Steve Klove's revision of the end of the film version of Deathly Hallows, Part II offers a more politically and ethically satisfying conclusion to the Harry Potter saga than the ending of the Rowling novel. Michelle Markey Butler's "Harry Potter and the Surprising Venue of Literary Critiques" argues that the fan-generated memes work as a kind of popular literary analysis in three particular areas: the roles of female characters, the comparative analysis of books and films, and the comparative analysis of the Harry Potter series with other works of fantasy.While the primary focus of the collection is an academic audience, it will appeal to a broad range of readers. Within the academic community, Transforming Harry will be of interest to scholars and teachers in a number of disciplines, including film and media studies and English. Beyond the classroom, the Harry Potter series clearly enjoys a large and devoted global fan community, and this collection will be of interest to serious fans |
| Analysis |
Rowling, J. K., 1965- |
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Motion Pictures |
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Literary Criticism |
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Performing Arts |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
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Rowling, J. K. -- Criticism and interpretation
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Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter series.
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Potter, Harry (Fictitious character)
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| SUBJECT |
Potter, Harry (Fictitious character) fast |
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Rowling, J. K. fast |
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Harry Potter series (Rowling, J. K.) fast |
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Children's stories, English -- History and criticism
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Fantasy fiction, English -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Children's stories, English
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Fantasy fiction, English
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Alberti, John, editor
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Miller, P. Andrew, editor
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Project Muse
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| LC no. |
2017953972 |
| ISBN |
9780814342879 |
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0814342876 |
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