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Return of the Heroes: The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Harry Potter and Social Conflict
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4.1 out of 5
Based on 9 Ratings and 6 Reviews

Book Description
Why have The Lord of The Rings, Star Wars, the Harry Potter stories, and other tales of heroic fantasy, been so phenomenally successful in the present apparently cynical and disillusioned age? Colebatch argues that the popularity of these works shows the real health of our culture to be more robust than we sometimes believe, and confirms the centrality of "traditional" values which "progressive" t... More
Book Information
PublisherCybereditions
BindingPaperback
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages176
ISBN-101877275573
ISBN-13978-1877275579
Publication Date07/15/2003
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About Hal G. P. Colebatch (Author) : Hal G. P. Colebatch is a published author. Published credits of Hal G. P. Colebatch include Return of the Heroes: The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Harry Potter and Social Conflict and Return of the H... more
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