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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: alchemical Harry Potter
    sub title: essays on transfiguration in J. K. Rowling's novels
  name:
    name part: Mamary, Anne J. M.
    name part: 1964-
    role:
      role term: editor.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ncu
    date issued: 2021
    copyright date: 2021
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xi, 311 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
  abstract: When Harry Potter first boards the Hogwarts Express, he journeys to a world which Rowling says has alchemy as its "internal logic." The Philosopher's Stone, known for its power to transform base metals into gold and to give immortality to its maker, is the subject of the conflict between Harry and Voldemort in the first book of the series. But alchemy is not about money or eternal life, it is much more about the transformations of desire, of power and of people, through love. Harry's equally remarkable and ordinary power to love leads to his desire to find but not use the Philosopher's Stone at the start of the series and his wish to end the destructive power of the Elder Wand at the end. This collection of essays on alchemical symbolism and transformations in Rowling's series demonstrates how Harry's work with magical objects, people and creatures transfigure desire, power and identity. As Harry's leaden existence on Privet Drive is transformed in the company of his friends and teachers, the Harry Potter novels have transformed millions of readers, inspiring us to find the gold in our ordinary lives.
  note: edited by Anne J. Mamary.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Rowling, J. K
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Rowling, J. K
    topic: Symbolism
  subject:
    name:
      name part: (Fictitious character)
      name part: Potter, Harry
  subject:
    topic: Alchemy in literature
  subject:
    topic: Symbolism in literature
  subject:
    topic: Change in literature
  subject:
    topic: Metamorphosis in literature
  classification: PR6068.O93 Z5234 2021
  classification: 823/.914
  identifier: 9781476681344
  identifier: 1476681341
  identifier: 9781476640839
  identifier: 2020047218
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 201020
    record change date: 20210728141626.0
    record identifier: in00004420344