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03745aam a2200505 i 4500 001 82BB8222840911E89478B85797128E48 003 SILO 005 20180710010618 008 180221s2018 ncu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2018000265 020 $a 1476670552 020 $a 9781476670553 035 $a (OCoLC)1005196273 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d YDX $d OCLCO $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk--- $a e-uk--- 050 00 $a PS374.A35 $b H67 2018 082 00 $a 823/.08709 $2 23 100 1 $a Hoppenstand, Gary, $e author. 245 10 $a Perilous escapades : $b dimensions of popular adventure fiction / $c Gary Hoppenstand. 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c [2018] 300 $a viii, 175 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Preface -- Introduction: a brief story of adventure -- 1. Power and politics as adventure: Robert Louis Stevenson's The black arrow: a tale of the two roses -- 2. The swashbuckling pirate as rebel hero: Rafael Sabatini's Captain Blood: his odyssey -- 3. Justified bloodshed and the origins of the vigilante hero: Robert Montgomery Bird's Nick of the woods -- 4. The romance of adventure: Baroness Orczy's The scarlet pimpernel -- 5. Revolution and revenge: Rafael Sabatini's Scaramouche -- 6. Empires in decline: C.J. Cutcliffe Hyne's The lost continent: the story of Atlantis -- 7. The Ruritanian romance: Anthony Hope's The prisoner of Zenda -- 8. Science fantasy and the adventure story: Edwin L. Arnold's Lieut. Gullivar Jones: his vacation -- 9. Empire and the bright face of danger: A.E.W. Mason's The four feathers -- 10. Soldiering for fortune: Robert E. Howard's "The treasures of Tartary" -- 11. Mystery as adventure: Elizabeth Peters' The last camel died at noon -- 12. Redemption and honor: P.C. Wren's Beau geste -- 13. Popular fiction as thriller propaganda: Ian Fleming's From Russia, with love -- 14. Dinosaur doctors and jurassic geniuses: the changing image of the scientist adventurer in The lost world adventure. 520 $a "This collection of essays attempts to characterize adventure fiction through the exploration of key elements in the genre's 19th and 20th century British and American works like The Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy and Captain Blood by Sabatini. The author explores the cultural and literary impact of such works, presenting forgotten classics in a new light"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Adventure stories, American $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a American fiction $y 19th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a American fiction $y 20th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Popular literature $z United States $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Adventure stories, English $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a English fiction $y 19th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a English fiction $y 20th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Popular literature $z Great Britain $x History and criticism. 650 7 $a Adventure stories, American. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00797469 650 7 $a Adventure stories, English. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00797478 650 7 $a American fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00807048 650 7 $a English fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00910817 650 7 $a Popular literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01071405 651 7 $a Great Britain. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204623 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1800-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20190212020146.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=82BB8222840911E89478B85797128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search