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How Harry Cast His Spell: The Meaning behind the Mania for J. K. Rowling’s Bestselling Books
Copyright © 2004, 2006, 2008 by John Granger. All rights reserved.
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Revised edition of Looking for God in Harry Potter, published in 2004 under ISBN 978-1-4143-0091-7 (hc) and in 2006 under ISBN 978-1-4143-0634-6.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Granger, John, date.
How Harry cast his spell : the meaning behind the mania for J. K. Rowling's bestselling books / John Granger.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN-13: 978-1-4143-2188-2 (sc)
ISBN-10: 1-4143-2188-0 (sc)
1. Rowling, J. K. —Criticism and interpretation. 2. Rowling, J. K. —Characters —Harry Potter. 3. Rowling, J. K.
—Religion. 4. Potter, Harry (Fictitious character) 5. Spirituality in literature. 6. Christianity in literature.
7. Children's stories, English —History and criticism. 8. Fantasy fiction, English--History and criticism. I. Title.
PR6068.O93Z6775 2008
823'.914 —dc22 2008015375
Printed in the United States of America
ISBN 978-1-4143-4159-0 (ePub); ISBN 978-1-4143-2766-2 (Kindle);