Simulating Antiquity In Boys Adventure Fiction

Author : Thomas Vranken
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009183966
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Simulating Antiquity in Boys' Adventure Fiction written by Thomas Vranken and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-25 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A genre that glorifies brutish masculinity and late Victorian imperialism, boys' 'lost world' adventure fiction has traditionally been studied for its politically problematic content. While attuned to these concerns, this Element approaches the genre from a different angle, viewing adventure fiction as not just a catalogue of texts but a corpus of books. Examining early editions of Treasure Island, King Solomon's Mines, and The Lost World, the Element argues that fin-de-siècle adventure fiction sought to resist the nineteenth-century industrialisation of book production from within. As the Element points out, the genre is filled with nostalgic simulations of material anachronisms – 'facsimiles' of fictional pre-modern paper, printing, and handwriting that re-humanise the otherwise alienating landscape of the modern book and modern literary production. The Element ends by exploring a subversive revival of lost world adventure fiction that emerged in response to ebooks at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

Author : Laurence W. Mazzeno
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 164014093X
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Critical Reception of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle written by Laurence W. Mazzeno and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2023 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines both academic and popular assessments of Conan Doyle's work, giving pride of place to the Holmes stories and their adaptations, and also attending to the wide range of his published work. Twenty-first-century readers, television viewers, and moviegoers know Arthur Conan Doyle as the creator of Sherlock Holmes, the world's most recognizable fictional detective. Holmes's enduring popularity has kept Conan Doyle in the public eye. However, Holmes has taken on a life of his own, generating a steady stream of critical commentary, while Conan Doyle's other works are slighted or ignored. Yet the Holmes stories make up only a small portion of Conan Doyle's published work, which includes mainstream and historical fiction; history; drama; medical, spiritualist, and political tracts; and even essays on photography. When Doyle published - whatever the subject - his contemporaries took note. Yet, outside of the fiction featuring Sherlock Holmes, until recently relatively little has been done to analyze the reception Conan Doyle's work received during his lifetime and since his death. This book examines both academic and popular assessments of Conan Doyle's work, giving pride of place to the Holmes stories and their many adaptations for print, visual, and online media, but attending to his other contributions to turn-of-the-twentieth-century culture as well. The availability of periodicals and newspapers online makes it possible to develop an assessment of Conan Doyle's (and Sherlock Holmes's) reputation among a wider readership and viewership, thus allowing for development of a broader and more accurate portrait of Doyle's place in literary and cultural history.

Author : Suzy Anger
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009100270
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Victorian Automata written by Suzy Anger and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-03-31 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together a multidisciplinary group of scholars, this collection examines the Victorians' profound fascination with automata.

Author : William Kurfman
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1606931296
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost in Antiquity written by William Kurfman and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2008-10-10 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With astonishing insight and vivid narration, Kurfman writes an inspiring account of a young man's passage into maturity.

Author : Aaron L. Carter
Publisher : Page Publishing, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781662439810
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boyhood Adventures written by Aaron L. Carter and published by Page Publishing, Incorporated. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boyhood Adventures (Second Edition) is a work of historical fiction based on the experiences of three eight-year-old boys living in Texarkana, Arkansas, in 1953. Dennis Williams leads Lee Farmer and Frank Cherry on wild and crazy nocturnal, supernatural exploits worthy of detailing in any personal journal. The main characters react in very different ways to each adventurous sortie. Dennis, the adventure seeker, is relentless in his pursuit of adrenaline. He is bolder than he is bright. Lee has become addicted to excitement and will follow Dennis almost anywhere if it means he doesn't have to listen to another radio program. Frank is the antithesis of Dennis. While reticent to explore the local graveyard, he thrives on his association with his two friends.Readers of the original version of this book seemed to enjoy it. Some posted reviews saying parts of the story reminded them of a few of their own childhood experiences.

Author : Melissa M. Terras
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781108438452
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Picture-Book Professors written by Melissa M. Terras and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How is academia portrayed in children's literature? This Element ambitiously surveys fictional professors in texts marketed towards children. Professors are overwhelmingly white and male, tending to be elderly scientists who fall into three stereotypes: the vehicle to explain scientific facts, the baffled genius, and the evil madman. By the late twentieth century, the stereotype of the male, mad, muddlehead, called Professor SomethingDumb, is formed in humorous yet pejorative fashion. This Element provides a publishing history of the role of academics in children's literature, questioning the book culture which promotes the enforcement of stereotypes regarding intellectual expertise in children's media. The Element is also available, with additional material, as Open Access.

Author : Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Our American Adventure written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roy Thomas
Publisher : ABDO
ISBN 13 : 9781599616056
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Enemy's Camp written by Roy Thomas and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2009 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retells, in comic book format, Robert Louis Stevenson's tale of an innkeeper's son who finds a treasure map that leads him to a pirate's fortune.

Author : Roger Caillois
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252070334
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Man, Play, and Games written by Roger Caillois and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to Roger Caillois, play is an occasion of pure waste. In spite of this - or because of it - play constitutes an essential element of human social and spiritual development. In this study, the author defines play as a free and voluntary activity that occurs in a pure space, isolated and protected from the rest of life.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 792 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Book Publishing Record written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: