The Hog’s Head’s Travis Prinzi in Newspaper
February 28, 2009
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DOODLES FOR AUCTION!
February 27, 2009
A number of Harry Potter stars have done doodles for National Doodle Day, which will be auctioned on eBay for ten days from today. National Doodle Day is raising money for Epilepsy Action and the Neurofibromatosis organization.
The Harry Potter stars that have done doodles are Jim Broadbent (Horace Slughorn), Imelda Staunton (Delores Umbridge), Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid), Sean Biggerstaff (Oliver Wood), Zoe Wanamaker (Madame Hooch) and Paul Whitehouse (Sir Cadogan).
Their doodles can be viewed her…
FINAL POTTER TO GET 2011 RELEASE
February 26, 2009
The final instalment of the Harry Potter film franchise is to be released in 2011, it has been announced.
Fans of the boy wizard will get to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II in cinemas from 15 July.
Warner Brothers decided to split the seventh book in JK Rowling’s series into two parts as it was impossible to cram its 608 pages into a separate film.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I is set to be released on 19 November 2010.
Stuntman David Holmes suffered seri…
ENGL 430: Major British Authors (J.K. Rowling)
February 25, 2009
Check out the Syllabus for that Indiana University Pennsylvania class and the teacher. I am amazed that Ms. Rowling’s work is already receiving that sort of thoughtful attention in the academy — and delighted by the professor’s inventive use of the internet and blogging to create houses for the students in which they can both prepare for and continue the conversations in the class room. Things are looking good for Harry in the Ivory Tower whether classes like that one are indic…
On Critical Reception of Harry Potter and Twilight Part 9: What the Critics missed (C: Allegorical)
February 24, 2009
For Part 1 of that post on genre criticism, click here. for Part 2 on culture war critiques left and right, click here, for part 3 on artifact criticism, click here, for part 4 on derivative dismissal, click here, for part 5 on why there are four layers of meaning, click here, for part 6 on using traditional tools to interpret contemporary best sellers, click here, for parts 7 and 8 on what critics missed at the surface and moral levels of meaning, visit here and here, or just scroll down the ho…
Beyond Hogwarts: The Only Online Conference
February 23, 2009
“Welcome to Beyond Hogwarts, the only ongoing online Harry Potter fan conference.
Beyond Hogwarts is an academic resource, unraveling and discussing the mysteries of the Harry Potter saga, and beyond the books, into the future of Harry’s Wizarding world.”
Internet Hermit that I am, I’d never heard of that site. I’m stumped about how it qualifies as “an academic resource” or even as “the only ongoing online fan conference,” but it looks frien…
On Critical Reception of Harry Potter and Twilight Part 8: What the Critics missed (B: Moral)
February 22, 2009
The Potterdelphia Meet-Up Saturday was a blast — and it was particularly good to catch-up with Debbie, a frequent correspondent, and Demarest, who blogs at ‘To Wander Diagon Alley’ (and knows my books and the many other commentaries on Ms. Rowling’s oeuvre better than anyone I know). I hope to get to their monthly meetings in the future for the Potter fellowship that big city group offers.
Back to our ten part series comparing the critical reception of Ms. Rowling’s…