Thank you! I think you are right that what Rowling gleaned from her readings is not what everyone would have picked up. I didn't! Her borrowings from this literature are partial and lean in one direction - and she doesn't seem aware of what she's done. It's fascinating, but depressing.

Love your comments on "Horse and His Boy", btw. I really don't think even "The Last Battle" is as racist, hateful and deterministic as the Potter books.