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Negativity persisted, but popular consensus was that “Goblet of Fire” had upped the stakes for complexity in the series. Loeb Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures Maria Tatar published an article in The New York Times in late 2001 that contained traces of skepticism, calling the Harry Potter series “children’s ‘classics’ for our time,” if not “classics for all time...
Since then, Tatar has had a change of heart...
...Goblet of Fire was something of a turning point, I think,” Tatar said. “A lot of adults who weren’t super enthusiastic became fans at that point—it’s not that they were jumping on the bandwagon; I think they just felt the later novels more compelling. My own reaction mirrors in many ways the critical response from adult readers...
...News called, and the first question the interviewer asked was, ‘Do you think that Harry Potter will die?’ It seemed like such a frightening prospect,” Tatar said. “So many children have grown up with these books. The only real requirement for a children’s book is that the hero survives...
...Diana Sorensen currently Acting Dean for the Humanities, has agreed to serve as Dean of the Humanities for the next two years. Thanks are due not only to Diana, but to Maria Tatar who served so admirably for the first three years of this position...