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Author:

Kestner, Joseph A.

Title:

Masculinities in British adventure fiction, 1880-1915 / Joseph A. Kestner.

Publisher:

Ashgate,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

213 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Adventure stories, English--History and criticism.
English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Masculinity in literature
Imperialism in literature

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

1. Voyaging. Stevenson: Treasure Island (1883); Kipling: Captains courageous (1897); Conrad: Youth (1898), Typhoon (1902); Childers: The riddle of the sands (1903); Conrad: The secret sharer (1910) -- 2. Mapping. Haggard: King Solomon's mines (1885); Allan Quatermain (1887); Kipling: The man who would be king (1888); The light that failed (1891); Stevenson/Osbourne: The ebb-tide (1894); Schreiner: Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland -- 3. Invading. Conrad: An outpost of progress (1897); Heart of darkness (1899); Mason: The four feathers (1902); Hudson: Green mansions (1904); Buchan: Prester John (1910); Conrad: The shadow-line (1915; 1917) -- 4. Loving. Haggard: She (1887); Stevenson: The beach of Fales©Ł (1892); Hope: The prisoner of Zenda (1894); Stacpoole: The blue lagoon (1908); Conrad: A smile of fortune (1911); The planter of Malata (1914).

ISBN:

0754695948 (ebook)
9780754695943 (ebook)
0754669017 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780754669012 (hardback : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)430344475

LCCN:

2009031160

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)