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The Lost Years Of Merlin Study Guide

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by T. A. Barron
About 16 pages (4,728 words)
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Social Sensitivity

The setting and the characters' concerns in The Lost Years of Merlin are so far removed from twentieth century reality that it is hard to imagine adults or young readers finding them morally or socially offensive. Only those very few who are opposed to fantasy on principle are likely to object for such reasons.

There are, however, a few questions which might be raised from a mixture of ethical and/or literary concerns.

A few admirers of Arthurian lore do not like treatments which alter the stories found in its earliest historical or literary sources.

This could apply to inventing a whole series of adventures for young Merlin, rather than letting his youthful years stay shrouded in mystery.

More significant, perhaps, is the role played by others in bringing about Rhita Gawr's downfall......

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The Lost Years Of Merlin from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



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