Ethics and Form in Fantasy Literature

Tolkien, Rowling and Meyer

Lykke Guanio-Uluru (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

261 Seiten

2015 | 1st ed. 2015
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-46968-7 (ISBN)

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Ethics and Form in Fantasy Literature: Tolkien, Rowling and Meyer by Lykke Guanio-Uluru examines formal and ethical aspects of The Lord of the Rings , Harry Potter and the Twilight series in order to discover what best-selling fantasy texts can tell us about the values of contemporary Western culture.

Lykke Guanio-Uluru is Assistant Professor of Literature at Bergen University College, Norway, and has taught MA courses in Fantasy Literature and Literary Theory at the University of Oslo, Norway. Professional affiliations include the Nordic Network of Narrative Studies, the Ethics Programme at UiO, and DiGRA.

1. Introduction
PART I: QUEST FANTASY
2. Ethics and Form in The Lord of the Rings
3. Ethics and Form in Harry Potter
4. Ethics and Form in the Quest-fantasy
PART II: PARANORMAL ROMANCE
5. Ethics and Form in Twilight
6. Comparisons and Conclusion
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.8.2015
Zusatzinfo	X, 261 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-137-46968-4 / 1137469684
ISBN-13	978-1-137-46968-7 / 9781137469687
Zustand	Neuware