Perilous Escapades: Dimensions of Popular Adventure Fiction

by Gary Hoppenstand

Book Overview

Adventure fiction is one of the easiest narrative forms to recognize but one of the hardest to define because of its overlap with many other genres. This collection of essays attempts to characterize adventure fiction through the exploration of key elements--such as larger-than-life characters and imperialistic ideas--in the genre's 19th- and 20th-century British and American works like The Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy and Captain Blood...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476670552
• ISBN13: 9781476670553
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 183 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher