Religious Meanings in the Harry Potter Novels
Public lecture at Tele2 Art Space, Yelagin Island, St. Petersburg, August 26, 2023. Video recording: YouTube Joan Rowling’s Harry Potter novels are not the primitive teenage fiction that certain intellectual circles like to dismiss them as. This is a major work that has generated a genuine subculture. I am firmly convinced that no hollow piece of writing can be elevated to cult status through advertising alone, however aggressive. Every genuinely good work contains multiple layers of meaning. ...