Heptalogy

Heptalogy

Heptalogy is a rarely used term [cite book |author=Galadriel Waters, Astre Mithrandir |title=Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter: Analysis of Books 1-4 |page=xviii |year=2004 |quote=("hepta = seven in Greek), but there is very little precedence for its use (and it doesn't appear in any dictionaries)] for a series of seven creative works that are connected by a common storyline. [cite news |title=77 things about the #7 |work=The Canberra Times |page=A6 |date=2007-01-02 |quote=A series of seven works of art is called a heptalogy. In the case of films, Harry Potter and The Chronicles of Narnia (both to be completed), are examples.] One recent famous example is the "Harry Potter" series of books. [cite news |author=Chris Leadbeater |title=Hooray for half-term! |work=Daily Mail |page=68 |date=2007-10-20 |quote=This two-man stage show [Potted Potter] squashes the heptalogy into 60 frenetic minutes.] [cite news |author=Robert McCrum |title= The Hallows, and then the goodbyes: Tolkien it isn't, but J K Rowling's latest marks a triumphant literary achievement |work=The Observer |page=17 |date=2007-07-22 |quote=The completion of this world-shaking heptalogy is something close to a triumph.] [cite web |url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/51988-rowling-tops-revenue-list.html |title=Rowling tops revenue list |work=The Bookseller |date=2008-01-25 |accessdate=2008-02-09] The term is sometimes found in the nonce form "septology", [e.g. interview with Scott Lynch in SFX magazine, [http://www.sfx.co.uk/page/sfx?entry=an_interview_with_scott_lynch June 18, 2007] , about his planned seven-part series.] or in the form "septet". [Michael Ward, "Planet Narnia. The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis". Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN 9780195313871. passim.]

References

ee also

* Trilogy
* Tetralogy
* List of film heptalogies


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