Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

by J. K. Rowling

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: Historical Context


Government and the War on Terror

The "Harry Potter" series can only be understood as creating a cultural phenomenon all on its own. With 80 million books in print by the release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, as well as the continuing success of each Warner Brothers film adaptation, Rowling's writing will demand its own account in future history books. But the novels do reflect some of the cultural atmosphere of the early twenty-first century. While the majority of the "Harry Potter" series was published during the years of western economic...

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