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Harry Campbell
No full textHarry Campbell was the author of CAMPBELL\u27S TOKENS OF UTAH, A NUMISMATIC HISTORY
"How could you think we'd care about what that—woman—wrote about you?": Harry Potter fans' reaction to J. K. Rowling's transphobic tweets
No full textI surveyed current and former Harry Potter fans’ thoughts on recent tweets by author J. K. Rowling. Results show that fans have strong opinions of Rowling’s tweets and Rowling herself, but mixed feelings about the Harry Potter franchise
Reproduction of an earlier photograph of Greek school, Harry M. Petrakis (author) shown on left; Chicago, Illinois
No full textPhoto of students at a Greek school in Chicago, Illinois, probably 1930s. Among the students is future author Harry Mark Petrakis
Jack and Charmian London
No full text"Black-and-white photograph of author of Jack London and his wife Charmian, who were close friends of Harry Culmer.
Slavery in the Harry Potter Series
No full textJ. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels are amongst the most famous literary sagas in the world, and studies about the author and her novels are fairly common. The aim of this dissertation is to analyse the way in which slavery is represented in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels. For this purpose, this paper will first introduce some basic facts about fantasy literature and a general overview of the slave process in Great Britain, and then continue with a section that deals with how Rowling may have been influenced by both issues. Secondly, I will analyse in depth the way in which slavery is portrayed through house-elves in the Harry Potter series. In order to do that, a thorough analysis of the seven Harry Potter novels will be made, in order to find as many quotes and evidence as possible that will help understand the way in which the author wanted to depict such a controversial issue. Finally, a conclusion will summarize the whole paper and will underline the most relevant ideas
The Role of Norse Mythology Fantastic Creatures in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series
No full textPráce Role fantastických tvorů severské mytologie v sérii Harry Potter J. K. Rowlingové popisuje způsob jakým domácí skřítkové ovlivňují vývoj událostí děje příběhu a také důvody které je k jejich chování vedly. První kapitola se zabývá autorkou díla, její inspirací a kritikou jejího díla. Druhá část práce popisuje skřítky jak se vyskytují v severské mytologii a třetí část se zabývá analýzou jednotlivých domácích skřítků a jejich vztahů s kouzelníky, podnětů a motivaci jejich činům. Práce dochází k závěru, že role domácích skřítků v sérii Harry Potter je ukázat a zdůraznit jak morální zásady jednotlivých lidských postav ovlivňují jejich okolí a také je samotné.The thesis Role of Norse Mythology Fantastic Creatures in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series portrays the role of house-elves in the story and the impact they have on the course of events or the story, and also the motives and incentives which caused their acts. First chapter recounts the author, J. K. Rowling, her life, critique and the success or her work. Second chapter explores the base of house-elves in Norse mythology and the third chapter deals with the role of particular elves within the story and the reciprocal impact of house-elves and wizard on each other. The work comes to the conclusion that the role of the house-elves in the Harry Potter series is to show and emphasize how the moral values of particular human characters affect their surroundings and also themselves and that the impact of house-elves on the course of events was fundamental for development of events.Ústav anglistiky a amerikanistikyobhájen
Analysis Plots of The Novel Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone – J.K Rowling (1997)
No full textThis study uses a qualitative research method to determine the understanding of the plot in the novel Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone – J, K Rowling (1997) for learning English. The data is analyzed using a qualitative approach by the researcher. Stone – J, K Rowling (1997) was used as a research instrument, the novel was understood to contain the plot, the plot became the focus of this research. The author concludes the novel of Harry Potter and as a sample The Philosopher's Stone – J, K Rowling (1997), Method of The writer uses a story line, so it can be concluded that the novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone – J, K Rowling (1997) can motivate us to learn English because of using this novel learning process be exciting stories, while the author's difficulty in understanding Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone – J, K Rowlin. plot (1997) because the plot is very unpredictable, this novel tells about the adventures of a teenage wizard namely Harry Potter and his friends, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger. All of them are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry will defeat the evil black wizard Lord Voldemort, whom his ambition becoming immortal, conquering the magic realm, take over non-magical people, and annihilate anyone who gets in his way, especially Harry Potter
Cultural Hegemony in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Series
No full textThis article discusses the issue of politics and hegemony in Harry Potter, a fantasy series by British author J. K. Rowling. The work is apparently coded with class systems and hierarchy in its society, and how it can be seen as a reflection of real-life society. It explores how the ruling group tries to keep the power only on the hands of the few by inserting their views and ideologies to their people, and thus resulting into a certain status quo that the ruling group finds desirable. The seven novels of Harry Potter are analysed through Marxist perspective using Antonio Gramsci’s theory of Cultural Hegemony, in which the people in power impose and spread their ideas to those below them as a way to control them. It is concluded that the series also involves criticisms on class domination, corruption on power, and rebellion
The margin and the mainstream : positioning Harry Partch's theories within the broader discourse of musical aesthetics
No full textBibliography: leaves 102-106.The dissertation examines the broader musical value of microtonal composer Harry Partch's musical theories by locating his critique of abstract music within mainstream compositional theory and aesthetics. This contextualisation aims to deconstruct Partch's iconoclastic image so as to understand his contribution within a wider realm of critical discourse. The work of composers that follow in Partch's footsteps becomes important in this context, especially that of his one-time student Ben Johnston whose own microtonal aesthetic is firmly rooted in European aesthetics from Debussy to Schoenberg. By a study of Johnston's utilisation of Partch's theory of just intonation the dissertation attempts to arrive at a more inclusive compositional theory, one which continues to address those aspects of Partch's theories that serve as a valid and constructive critique of traditional musical values. Taking Adorno's view that musical critique must deal with the problem of reification at the level of musical materials, the author proposes a reading of Partch's corporeal philosophy that is applicable beyond the confines of narrative musical drama. By creating a distinction between historical models of organisation and 'second nature' forms of musical presentation, it is suggested that critique does not necessarily prefigure alienation from the mainstream, but can rather be situated within musical discourse in such a way that a new image of the latter's forms results. On a practical level, the dissertation explores the validity of expanded just intonation as a means of achieving this immanent critique, both in the realm of compositional theory and, implicitly, in that of analytical theory, concluding with the description of a tuning system with the capacity to synthesise the range of compositional theories explored
i.m. Jann Harry
No full textThe poet J. S. Harry died two weeks ago, on 20 May 2015, at the age of 76. She was the author of seven books of poetry, including The Deer Under the Skin (1971), one of the first titles in the epochal UQP Paperback Poets series; A Dandelion for Van Gogh (1985); The Life on Water and the Life Beneath and Selected Poems (1995); Sun Shadow, Moon Shadow (2000), and Not Finding Wittgenstein (2007). These books won a number of prestigious literary prizes, including two NSW Premier’s Literary Awards and the Age Poetry Book of the Year Award
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