Essays

Imagi(c)nation in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone • Article

Posted May 1, 2004 by Connie Ann Kirk in Canon discussion / Essays

There is a popular poster of Albert Einstein that appears on many faculty office walls on college campuses around the country. Underneath the well-known black and white image of the wild and white-haired physicist are printed the words, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” The full quotation from Einstein actually… Read More

The Importance of Neville Longbottom • Article

Posted April 3, 2006 by Douglas Moran in Canon discussion / Essays

Here in the Lexicon, there are multiple essays on Harry, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Snape, physical locations, creatures, and practically anything else you can name. And yet there is not one essay about one person whose fate is tightly linked to Harry’s, and who has been moving gradually but inexorably towards a more important position in the books: Neville Longbottom. I think Neville becoming… Read More

Introduction to Muggle Studies • Article

Posted October 24, 2001 by Edis Bevan in Essays

(Just for fun, here’s one fan’s concept of what a Wizarding Muggle Studies textbook might be like…) Travel and space Understanding Muggles perceptions of how the world connects up is a big problem for wizarding people. We have to let go of a lot of our assumptions to grasp how… Read More