“Books Are Not Absolutely Dead Things”: “Harry Potter”, Evelyn Waugh, and Censorship
J.K. Rowling celebrates literacy in both her writing and her interviews. Dr. Beatrice Groves explores how other authors may have influenced Rowling’s thoughts.
Bathilda's Notebook / The Quibbler
by MuggleNet · Published January 27, 2018 · Last modified September 22, 2021
J.K. Rowling celebrates literacy in both her writing and her interviews. Dr. Beatrice Groves explores how other authors may have influenced Rowling’s thoughts.
Bathilda's Notebook / The Quibbler
by MuggleNet · Published January 26, 2018 · Last modified September 22, 2021
On the one-year anniversary of J.K. Rowling receiving the PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award, Dr. Beatrice Groves discusses how Rowling’s themes of censorship in “Potter” have roots all the way back to Milton.
Why does the Ministry of Magic keep censoring everything? Speak out and let them know that this is unacceptable.
Laura Mallory is appealing yet again to remove the “Harry Potter” books from school libraries.
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