REAL - Yearbook of Research in English and American Liter...
Döring, Tobias / Kübler, Martina![REAL - Yearbook of Research in English and American Literature, Volume 37](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/379/37983353/CHSBZCOP0337983353.jpg)
Adventure fiction often seems embarrassing, and sophisticated readers dismiss it as a juvenile indulgence, full of clichés, silly heroes, and cheap thrills, i.e. formulaic genre fiction which literary culture and academic discourse leave behind. And yet, this volume demonstrates, adventure has never really left the scene. The pleasures of adventure tales may be perilous but carry on - and are being carried, not just into adult life, but also i...