Masculinities in British Adventure Fiction, 1880-1915
[Book]
/ Joseph A. Kestner
Burlington, VT
: Ashgate
, 2010.
vii, 213 p.
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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 Falesaa (1892); Hope: The prisoner of Zenda (1894); Stacpoole: The blue lagoon (1908); Conrad: A smile of fortune (1911); The planter of Malata (1914)
Adventure stories, English -- History and criticism
English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism