tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post6827981440915471001..comments2023-11-12T13:22:30.358+01:00Comments on andrewjshields: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanAndrew Shieldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-31754656070716444582007-03-24T05:18:00.000+01:002007-03-24T05:18:00.000+01:00a missing "i" wants back "in" ... "Rowling's own c...a missing "i" wants back "in" ...<BR/> <BR/>"Rowling's own conscous toying with suspense"<BR/><BR/>-- donated by your very own friendly-but-niggling family correspondent ... dhshAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-79439700452535525412007-03-23T19:55:00.000+01:002007-03-23T19:55:00.000+01:00I bet at least a few of those academic friends wer...I bet at least a few of those academic friends were among those who switched from admiring the word-of-mouth spread of the HP books to decrying the whole HP thing as pure marketing.<BR/><BR/>This took place between the publication of book 4 and the publication of book 5. When Book 4 appeared, everybody was still talking about how young readers had spread the news of the books themselves, with little marketing by Bloomsbury and Scholastic.<BR/><BR/>Then when book 5 appeared, many of the same people began to say, "Of course, we all know it's just marketing and advertising."Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-58198742821616301032007-03-23T17:42:00.000+01:002007-03-23T17:42:00.000+01:00Whenever I hear my academic collegues shoot off th...Whenever I hear my academic collegues shoot off their mouths about what a hack Rowling is, I always remember T.S. Eliot's fascination with the detective novel and reassure myself that popularity does not equal disposability (is that a word?).<BR/><BR/>A more enlightened friend of mine used to use the first Harry Potter book in an Honors seminar he entitled Tolkein and His Heirs.Jeff Newberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07537370554735280893noreply@blogger.com