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A Wizard of Their Age
Author:Cecilia Konchar Farr
Published on 2015-01-01 by SUNY Press

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Book Description :

A collection of student essays that captures the passionate engagement their generation brings to the Harry Potter phenomenon. A Wizard of Their Age began when the students in Cecilia Konchar Farr\u0092s \u0093Six Degrees of Harry Potter\u0094 course at St. Catherine University kept finding errors in the available scholarship. These students had been reading Harry Potter for their entire literate lives, and they demanded more attention to the details they found significant. \u0093We can do better than this,\u0094 they said. Konchar Farr, two undergraduate teaching assistants, and five student editors decided to test that hypothesis. After issuing a call for contributions, they selected fifteen thoughtful academic essays by students from across the country. These essays examine the Harry Potter books from a variety of perspectives, including literary, historical, cultural, gender, mythological, psychological, theological, and genetic\u0097there is even a nursing care plan for Tom Riddle. Interspersed among the essays are brief vignettes entitled \u0093My Harry Potter Story,\u0094 where students write about their personal encounters with the novels. Although a quick Internet search yields a dazzling number of books about Harry Potter, few are as deeply invested or insightful as A Wizard of Their Age. Written and edited by\u0097and for\u0097members of the Harry Potter generation, these essays demonstrate this generation\u0092s passionate engagement with the Harry Potter phenomenon and provide numerous critical insights into the individual novels and the series as a whole.