Introduction
Harry Potter: From Craze to Classic?
Lana A. Whited

I. Harry's Cousins in the Magical Realm
Harry Potter and the Secret Password: Fidning Our Way in the Magical Genre
Amanda Cockrell
The Education of a Wizard: Harry Potter and His Predecesors
Pat Pinsent

II. Harry's Roots in Epic, Myth, and Folklore
In Medias Res: Harry Potter as Hero-in-Progress
Mary Pharr
Of Magicals and Muggles: Reversals and Revulsions at Hogwarts
Jann Lacoss
Harry Potter: Fairy Tale Prince, Real Boy, and Archetypal Hero
M. Katherine Grimes

III. Harry's Other Literary Relatives
Harry Potter and the Extraordinaries of the Ordinary
Roni Natov
Harry Potter, Tom Brown, and the British School Story: Lost in Transit?
David K. Steege

IV. Greater than Gold in Gringotts: Questions of Authority and Values
Crowning the King: Harry Potter and the Construction of Authority
Farah Mendlesohn
What Would Harry Do? J.K. Rowling and Lawrence Kohlberg's theories of Moral Development
Lana A. Whited, with M. Katherine Grimes

V. Gender Issues and Harry Potter
Hermione Granger and the Heritage of Gender
Eliza T. Dresang
Locating Harry Potter in the "Boy's Book" Market
Terri Doughty

VI. Harry's Language: Taking Issue with Words
You Say "Jelly," I Say "Jell-O"? Harry Potter and the Transfiguration of Language
Phillip Nel
Harry Potter and the Tower of Babel: Translating the Magicf
Nancy K. Jentsch

VII. Commodity and Culture in the World of Harry Potter
Specters of Thatcherism: Contemporary British Culture in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series
Karin E. Westman
Harry Potter and the Technology of Magic
Elizabeth Teare
Apprentice Wizards Welcome: Fan Communities and the Culture of Harry Potter
Rebecca Sutherland Borah