How Harry Cast His Spell: The Meaning Behind the Mania for J.K. Rowling's Bestselling Books

The most sustained published argument for the alchemical structure of the Harry Potter series. Granger traces the nigredo-albedo-rubedo progression through each novel and identifies the Philosopher's Stone as the key to the series' symbolic architecture. The chapter on Quidditch as alchemical theatre is the starting point for the Academy's reading.