John explores the Freudian parallels that Rowling paints into Chamber of Secrets, and Nick talks about her oldest, and probably best friend Sean Harris, the inspiration for Ron Weasley. For Strike Fans curious about Rowling’s recent twitter header of Freud’s desk, her familiarity with Freudian imagery in the second Potter novel may be of interest.
The original post for this episode at the Hogwarts Professor Substack site comes with notes for the program. The index to the 31 Kanreki posts for easy reference to all the posts can be found here. Enjoy!
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