E-Books →Critical Companion to J.K. Rowling A Literary Reference to Her Life and Work

Critical Companion to J. K. Rowling seeks to educate readers about these debates and encourages them to think about Rowling's novels thoughtfully while understanding the context in which they were written.
Coverage includes:
- A concise but thorough biography of Rowling
- Entries on all of the Harry Potter books, each containing a Synopsis, Critical Commentary, and a Film Adaptation section, as well as subentries on all the main characters
- Entries on Rowling's minor works, such as 'Quidditch through the Ages' and 'The Tales of Beedle the Bard'
- Entries on related people, places, and topics, such as book banning and censorship, British boarding schools, Lewis Carroll, The Leaky Cauldron Web site, orphans in literature, the phenomenon of "Pottermania," and much more
- Appendixes, including a chronology and bibliography of primary and secondary sources.