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Author Vranken, Thomas, author.

Title Simulating antiquity in boys' adventure fiction : maps and ink stains / Thomas Vranken
Published Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022
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Description 1 online resource (72 pages) : color illustrations
Series Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture
Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture.
Contents Introduction -- Spick and span new paper -- Written as well as printed by a steam engine -- Tottery characters -- New new romance; or, new romance 2.0 -- Conclusion -- A chronology of events discussed in this element
Summary "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 e-books at the beginning of the twenty-first century"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 18, 2022)
Subject Adventure stories, English -- History and criticism
Children's stories, English -- History and criticism
Adventure stories, English
Children's stories, English
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2022034774
ISBN 9781009158930
1009158937