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Entering the Harry Potter books means entering two worlds that are mirrors of each other: the magic world and the Muggle one. But this mirror image frames many others aspects of the books: events, objects, and—above all—characters.
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Lydon, Christopher. J.K. Rowling interview transcript, The Connection (WBUR Radio), October 12, 1999, Part 19.
J.R.R. Tolkien, “Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics,” The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays, ed. Christopher Tolkien (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984) 5–48.
J.K. Rowling interview transcript, The Connection (WBUR Radio), October 12, 1999; J.K. Rowling and the Live Chat, Bloomsbury.com, July 30, 2007.
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Wolosky, S. (2010). Mirror Images. In: The Riddles of Harry Potter. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230115576_5
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