This is true. However, in your op, you clearly made the claim that HP is a piece of literature, and that was what i was attempting to counter. HP is certainly impactful (but really only in the world of pop culture), but it really isn't literature; it's not particularly impactful to the mind or soul. And if it is impactful to children, it still doesn't bring much of anything new to mythology or folklore that hasn't already been explored.
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Jonathan Wood
I'm not OP, but yeah, I agree with your points.
Austin Hill
It does, it's just that insecure pseuds don't want to admit it because they are worried they'll be outed as imbeciles. Harry Potter is similar to other classic children's works and fairy tales and the like. Rowling sucks, but no one remembers stuff like Robin Hood and Hanse and Gretel for the lucid prose.
Prediction: pseuds will rage at this post
Isaiah Bailey
How has it impacted the world???
Isaac Walker
Tell us why it has true artistic merit. Saying it's inspired by classic fairy tales isn't enough to make it high art.
Lucas Parker
>longevity
The literary dust hasn't settled.
Jeremiah Adams
I think Valley of the Dolls has a better shot of getting into the canon than Harry Potter.
Josiah Garcia
Alice in Wonderland was written for children. But unlike Potter it has artistic merit.
Jack Young
Fuck off, Rowling, Veeky Forums hates you.
Adam Wood
That's because most literary scholars are fags. And fags like that shitty book.