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Beschreibung
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.
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.
Über den Autor

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Sprachwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780367623265
ISBN-10: 0367623269
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mccausland, Elly
Hersteller: Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 12 mm
Von/Mit: Elly Mccausland
Erscheinungsdatum: 27.10.2025
Gewicht: 0,321 kg
Artikel-ID: 134095311