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Writer cites several writers as influences in her creation of her bestselling series. Writers, journalists and critics have noted that the books also have a number of analogues; a wide range of literature, both classical and modern, which Rowling has not openly cited as influences.

This article is divided into three sections. The first section lists those authors and books which Rowling has suggested as possible influences on Harry Potter. The second section deals with those books which Rowling has cited as favourites without mentioning possible influences. The third section deals with those analogues which Rowling has not cited either as influences or as favourites but which others have claimed bear comparison with Harry Potter.

Ivan Akimov - Herakles on the crossroads. Was a considerable influence on Harry Potter. Rowling has never openly credited any single author with inspiration, saying, 'I haven't got the faintest idea where my ideas come from, or how my imagination works.

I'm just grateful that it does, because it gives me more entertainment than it gives anyone else.' However, she has mentioned a number of favourite authors as probable influences in her creation of Harry Potter. The works are listed roughly in order of publication. British folklore and mythology Rowling has said, 'I've taken horrible liberties with folklore and mythology, but I'm quite unashamed about that, because British folklore and British mythology is a totally bastard mythology.

You know, we've been invaded by people, we've appropriated their gods, we've taken their mythical creatures, and we've soldered them all together to make, what I would say, is one of the richest folklores in the world, because it's so varied. So I feel no compunction about borrowing from that freely, but adding a few things of my own.' The Iliad When an interviewer said that saving Cedric's body resembled the actions of, and in the, Rowling said, 'That's where it came from. That really, really, really moved me when I read that when I was 19. The idea of the desecration of a body, a very ancient idea. I was thinking of that when Harry saved Cedric's body.'

The Bible A number of commentators have drawn attention to the themes and references in J. Rowling's final Harry Potter novel,. In an August 2007 issue of, Lisa Miller commented that Harry dies and then comes back to life to save humankind, like Christ. She points out the title of the chapter in which this occurs—'King's Cross'—a possible allusion to Christ's cross. Also, she outlines the scene in which Harry is temporarily dead, pointing out that it places Harry in a very heaven-like setting where he talks to a father figure 'whose supernatural powers are accompanied by a profound message of love.' Jeffrey Weiss adds, in the, that the biblical quotation 'And the last enemy that shall be destroyed is death' (:26), featured on the tombstones of Harry's parents, refers to Christ's resurrection.

The quotation on Dumbledore's family tomb, 'Where your treasure is, your heart will be also', is from Matthew 6:21, and refers to knowing which things in life are of true value. 'They're very British books', Rowling revealed to an Open Book conference in October 2007, 'So on a very practical note Harry was going to find biblical quotations on tombstones, but I think those two particular quotations he finds on the tombstones at Godric's Hollow, they almost epitomize the whole series.' Aeschylus and William Penn Deathly Hallows begins with a pair of epigraphs, one from leader 's and one from '.

'I really enjoyed choosing those two quotations because one is pagan, of course, and one is from a Christian tradition', Rowling said. 'I'd known it was going to be those two passages since 'Chamber' was published. I always knew that if I could use them at the beginning of book seven then I'd cued up the ending perfectly. If they were relevant, then I went where I needed to go.

They just say it all to me, they really do.' The Pardoner's Tale In a July 2007 webchat hosted by her publisher, Rowling stated that of 's was an inspiration for a folktale retold by in. In the tale, three brothers outwit Death by magicing a bridge to cross a dangerous river. Death, angry at being cheated, offers to give them three gifts, the Deathly Hallows, as a reward for evading him. The first two die as a result of the gifts granted to them, but the third uses his gift wisely and dies in his bed an old man. In The Pardoner's Tale, three rogues are told that if they look under a tree, they can find a means to defeat Death.

Instead they find gold, and, overcome with greed, eventually kill each other to possess it. Macbeth Rowling has cited 's as an influence. In an interview with and, when asked, 'What if Voldemort never heard the prophecy?' , she said, 'It's the Macbeth idea.

I absolutely adore Macbeth. It is possibly my favourite Shakespeare play. And that's the question isn't it? If hadn't met, would he have killed Duncan? Would any of it have happened? Is it fated or did he make it happen?

I believe he made it happen.' On her website, she referred to Macbeth again in discussing the prophecy: 'the prophecy (like the one the witches make to Macbeth, if anyone has read the play of the same name) becomes the catalyst for a situation that would never have occurred if it had not been made.' Emma Rowling cites as her favourite author and a major influence.

Rowling has said: 'My attitude to Jane Austen is accurately summed up by that wonderful line from: 'One of the disadvantages of almost universal education was that all kinds of people gained a familiarity with one's favourite books. It gave one a curious feeling; like seeing a drunken stranger wrapped in one's dressing gown.' ' The Harry Potter series is known for its, and Rowling has stated that, 'I have never set up a surprise ending in a Harry Potter book without knowing I can never, and will never, do it anywhere near as well as Austen did in.' The Story of the Treasure Seekers Rowling frequently mentions in interview, citing her 'very real' child characters.

In 2000, she said, 'I think I identify with E Nesbit more than any other writer', and described Nesbit's ' as, 'Exhibit A for prohibition of all children's literature by anyone who cannot remember exactly how it felt to be a child.' The Wind in the Willows. By In a 2007 reading for students in, Rowling said that the first book to inspire her was 's children's fantasy, read to her when she had the measles at age 4. Sayers Rowling has also cited the work of Christian essayist and mystery writer as an influence on her work, saying 'There's a theory – this applies to detective novels, and then Harry, which is not really a detective novel, but it feels like one sometimes – that you should not have romantic intrigue in a detective book. Sayers, who is queen of the genre said – and then broke her own rule, but said – that there is no place for romance in a detective story except that it can be useful to camouflage other people's motives. That's true; it is a very useful trick. I've used that on and I've used that to a degree on in this book, as a.

But having said that, I disagree inasmuch as mine are very character-driven books, and it's so important, therefore, that we see these characters fall in love, which is a necessary part of life.' The Chronicles of Narnia Rowling has said she was a fan of the works of as a child, and cites the influence of his chronicles on her work: 'I found myself thinking about the wardrobe route to Narnia when Harry is told he has to hurl himself at a barrier in – it dissolves and he's on platform Nine and Three-Quarters, and there's the train for Hogwarts.' She is, however, at pains to stress the differences between Narnia and her world: 'Narnia is literally a different world', she says, 'whereas in the Harry books you go into a world within a world that you can see if you happen to belong. A lot of the humour comes from collisions between the magic and the everyday world. Generally there isn't much humour in the Narnia books, although I adored them when I was a child. I got so caught up I didn't think CS Lewis was especially preachy.

Reading them now I find that his subliminal message isn't very subliminal.' Writer Charles McGrath notes the similarity between, the obnoxious son of Harry's neglectful guardians, and, the spoiled brat who torments the main characters until converted. The Little White Horse In an interview in in 2002, Rowling described 's as having, 'perhaps more than any other book.

A direct influence on the Harry Potter books. The author always included details of what her characters were eating and I remember liking that.

You may have noticed that I always list the food being eaten at Hogwarts.' Rowling said in O that 'Goudge was the only author whose influence I was conscious of.

She always described exactly what the children were eating, and I really liked knowing what they had in their sandwiches.' The Sword in the Stone Rowling also cites the work of, a grammar school teacher, and the author of the well-known children's classic saga, which tells the story of King Arthur of Britain, from childhood to grave. Perhaps the best-known book from this saga is (the first book) which was made into an animated movie. Arthur (called Wart) is a small scruffy-haired orphan, who meets the wizard (who has an owl, Archimedes, and acts, much like Dumbledore, in the manner of an ' ) who takes him to a castle to educate him. As writer Phyllis Morris notes, 'The parallels between Dumbledore and Merlin do not end with the protection of the hero in danger.

In addition to both characters sporting long, flowing beards (and blue eyes, according to T.H. White), Merlin was King Arthur's mentor and guide, as Dumbledore has been Harry's guide and mentor.' Rowling describes Wart as 'Harry's spiritual ancestor.'

Manxmouse Rowling is also a fan of, 'especially Manxmouse. That's a great book. Gallico manages the fine line between magic and reality so skilfully, to the point where the most fantastic events feel plausible.' Jessica Mitford In the Scotsman interview, Rowling described activist as 'my most influential writer', saying, 'I love the way she never outgrew some of her adolescent traits, remaining true to her politics – she was a self-taught socialist – throughout her life.' In a review of Decca—The letters of Jessica Mitford, she went further saying, 'Jessica Mitford has been my heroine since I was 14 years old, when I overheard my formidable great-aunt discussing how Mitford had run away at the age of 19 to fight with the Reds in the ', and claims what inspired her about Mitford was that she was 'incurably and instinctively rebellious, brave, adventurous, funny and irreverent, she liked nothing better than a good fight, preferably against a pompous and hypocritical target.'

Other favourites. By In 1999, while Rowling was on a tour of the United States, a bookseller handed her a copy of by, saying she would love it. The book became one of her all time favourites. Rowling says that, 'it is the voice of the narrator, in this case 17-year- old Cassandra Mortmain, which makes a masterpiece out of an old plot.' Also in 1999, Rowling said in interview that she was a great fan of by, saying: 'Grimble is one of funniest books I've ever read, and Grimble himself, who is a small boy, is a fabulous character.

I'd love to see a Grimble film. As far as I know, these last two fine pieces of literature are out of print, so if any publishers ever read this, could you please dust them off and put them back in print so other people can read them?' On a number of occasions, Rowling has cited her admiration for French novelist. Rowling said that the death of in 's, and the novel's final line, 'It is a far, far better thing that I do than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known', had a profound impact on her. In a 2000 interview with, Rowling revealed a deep love of 's controversial book, saying, 'There just isn't enough time to discuss how a plot that could have been the most worthless pornography becomes, in Nabokov's hands, a great and tragic love story, and I could exhaust my reservoir of superlatives trying to describe the quality of the writing.' In an interview with, Rowling described Irish author as her favourite living writer, saying, 'I love all his books. I often talk about him and Jane Austen in the same breath.

I think people are slightly mystified by that because superficially they're such different writers. But they both have a very unsentimental approach to human nature. They can be profoundly moving without ever becoming.'

Many of Rowling's named favorites decorate the links section of her personal webpage. The section is designed to look like a bookcase, and includes I Capture the Castle, The Little White Horse and Manxmouse, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Emma, a book of fairy tales by E. Nesbit, and by Roddy Doyle, two books by Dorothy L. Sayers and a book. In January 2006, Rowling was asked by the to nominate her top ten books every child should read. Included in her list were by, by, by, by, by, by, by, by, by and. Analogues.

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