Elly Mccausland

Risk in Children's Adventure Literature

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Produktbeschreibung

Risk in Children's Adventure Literature examines the way in which adults discuss the reading and entertainment habits of children, and with it the assumption that adventure is a timeless and stable constant whose meaning and value is self-evident.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 473g
• ISBN-13: 9780367623234
• ISBN-10: 0367623234
• Artikelnr.: 70149492

Autorenporträt

Eleanor McCausland is Associate Professor of English Literature at Ghent University, where she teaches on children's literature, nineteenth-century literature, and literature and popular music. Her research interests include medievalism, children's literature, ecocriticism, and adaptation. She is also an award-winning food writer.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Adventurous Hegemonies in the Imperial Romance
2. Romance Without Risk in Early American Girls' Scouting Fiction
3. We Didn't Mean to: The Accidental Adventurer in Ransome, Blyton, and
Beyond
4. Risk and Randomness in Choose Your Own Adventure
5. Adventurous Authority in the Survival Novel
6. Treasure Chests and Tomb Raiders: Redistributing Risk in the
Postcolonial Adventure Novel
Epilogue: Breaking Free