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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101009158945

ISBN-139781009158947

eBay Product ID (ePID)27057245665

Product Key Features

Number of Pages75 Pages

Publication NameSimulating Antiquity in Boys' Adventure Fiction : Maps and Ink Stains

LanguageEnglish

SubjectPublishing

Publication Year2022

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines

AuthorThomas Vranken

SeriesElements in Publishing and Book Culture Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.2 in

Item Length7 in

Item Width5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2022-034773

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal820.992826

Table Of ContentIntroduction; 1. Spick and Span New Paper; 2. Written as Well as Printed by a Steam Engine; 3. Tottery Characters; 4. New New Romance; or, New Romance 2.0; Conclusion.

SynopsisThis Element approaches the genre of boys' 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., 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.ury.ury.ury., 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.

LC Classification NumberPR830.A38