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   On Mon, 1 Aug 2011 02:34:54 -0400, John M. wrote:   
      
   > The discussion of alchemy in Harry Potter is one that has been   
   > engaged by thousands of Harry Potter fans. It is a legitimate   
   > discussion...   
      
   Stealing from John Granger: "Literary alchemy is a traditional   
   sequence with specific colors, symbols, and events that can be used in   
   any combination and an indefinite number of ways ¡X hence Potter,   
   Twilight, Hunger Games, Romeo and Juliet, Tale of Two Cities and   
   Perelandra all being ¡¥alchemical¡¦ dramas and experiences ¡X and authors   
   use it not just to conform to a received tradition but because it   
   works."   
      
   I could add an extremely lengthy and detailed historical list of   
   literary alchemical authors but, in truth, it is unnecessary. LA has   
   been around for centuries on centuries going back to the very first   
   passages in the Bible and generational storytelling and texts previous   
   to it.   
   --   
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