Dina Khapaeva on Antihumanism in JK Rowling’s Wizarding World

Many revelations on Rowling's medievalist narrative world. DK writes: In keeping with JK Rowling’s promise to write five more books and produce five films, the second installment of the Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (David Yates, 2018) that followed Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), recently opened in theaters. Given the popularity of the series and the quantity of time we will be spending in the wizarding world, it’s worth the time to deepen our understanding of the underlying ideas of this fictional realm, both in print and on screen. Read the full essay in the LA Review of Books.