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A professor of literature for over thirty years, Dr. James W. Thomas takes us on a tour back through the Potter books in order to enjoy them [even more and] in different ways upon subsequent readings.  Re-readers will be pleasantly surprised at what they may have missed in the books and at what secrets Rowling has encoded for us to decode as we revisit these rich texts. The professor’s informal and often lighthearted discussions focus on puns, humor, foreshadowing, literary allusions, narrative techniques, and various other aspects of the Potter books hard-to-see on the hurried first or fifth reading.  Throughout, Dr. Thomas also draws parallels between passages in Harry’s story and various literary classics.  Repotting Harry Potter is not concerned with spoilers.  After all, it’s for re-readers; and, as the professor points out, for the serious student of serious literature there are no spoilers, and nothing can really be spoiled.  Dr. Thomas shows us too in his brilliant but light touch that a “serious” reading of literature can be as much fun as it is edifying and rewarding.