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'A systematic attempt to conceptualize and contrast the value systems constructed in three of the most widely read and influential series of fantasy narratives, along with the discussion of the ethics of narrative form in terms of the specific relationships of theme and technique in each of the series.' - Leona Toker, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

'...[this] book traces a petite histoire of the best-read fantasy-literature series and shows what it is in these works that affect readers in certain ways. The book also brings contemporary narratological approaches to bear on the new issues that come up in our digital age.' - Leona Toker, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

This review has barely skimmed the staggering range of ethical considerations advanced with extraordinary care and detail by Guanio-Uluru in this valuable book ... . She has shown that the relationship between ethics and form exhibits astonishing interpretive complexity, in a splendid book that will amply repay many rereadings. (Claudia Mills, Children Literature Association Quarterly, Vol. 41 (3), Fall, 2016)

'This is a thought-suffused scholarly work that seeks to conceptualize and contrast the value systems constructed in three of the most widely read and influential series of fantasy narratives, along with the discussion of the ethics of narrative form in terms of the specific relationships of theme and technique in each of the series.' - Leona Toker, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

In terms of the amount of research and coherence of the focus, the book is very good. Its attempt to conceptualize and contrast the value systems of the three long narratives (the three series of novels, actually) on the basis of the relationship of theme and structure and in reference to the effect that form may have of the reader is brave, and to a large extent successful. Since the books are so popular, the question of what they represent as good and as evil is important. In a sense, the book traces a petite histoire of the best-read fantasy-literature series and shows what it is in these works that affect readers in certain ways. The book also brings contemporary narratological approaches to bear on the new issues that come up in our digital age. - Professor Leona Toker, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

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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.

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