BookSeries· 1997· Fantasy
Harry Potter: it draws on 4 recorded sources.
The works this one is recorded as drawing on.
Narnia likely influenced Harry Potter indirectly by helping establish the modern tradition of children's fantasy in which young protagonists enter a magical world and confront profound moral choices. However, Rowling has not identified it as a primary source for her story or world, and Harry Potter ultimately develops its own distinct style, mythology, and narrative structure.
foundational book in terms of boarding-chool novels associated in a lot of british readers/writers mind
Magical boarding school setting
Events, places, movements and ideas outside fiction that this work is recorded as drawing on.
Real world
While living in Porto, Rowling was inspired by the black capes worn by university students, which informed the Hogwarts robes, and the ornate, spiraled architecture of the historic Livraria Lello bookstore, etc