Adventure at Arms : On the Narrative Formation of Violence /
Adventure at Arms : On the Narrative Formation of Violence /
On the Narrative Formation of Violence
edited by Martin von Koppenfels, Manuel Mühlbacher.
- 1 online resource (364 pages) : illustrations.
- Philologie des Abenteuers ; 9 Schöningh and Fink Literature and Culture Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2025 .
- Philologie des Abenteuers ; 9. Schöningh and Fink Literature and Culture Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2025. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Adventure fiction suggests that social conflicts can be displaced from the centre to the periphery of culture in order to be settled there by violent means. Its protagonists are endowed with extraordinary physical agency and a strange resilience to bodily and psychic wounds. This volume proposes a critical analysis of adventurous violence that foregrounds narratological issues as well as their socio-historical, political, and anthropological implications. Predicated on a broad diachronic perspective that challenges simple generalizations, the articles presented here cover a wide array of genres from ancient romance to the swashbuckling novel and a variety of contexts ranging from early modern state-building to colonialism, imperialism, and modern warfare.
English
9783846768709
10.30965/9783846768709 DOI
Comparative Studies & World Literature.
Literature and Cultural Studies.
PK6530
800
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Adventure fiction suggests that social conflicts can be displaced from the centre to the periphery of culture in order to be settled there by violent means. Its protagonists are endowed with extraordinary physical agency and a strange resilience to bodily and psychic wounds. This volume proposes a critical analysis of adventurous violence that foregrounds narratological issues as well as their socio-historical, political, and anthropological implications. Predicated on a broad diachronic perspective that challenges simple generalizations, the articles presented here cover a wide array of genres from ancient romance to the swashbuckling novel and a variety of contexts ranging from early modern state-building to colonialism, imperialism, and modern warfare.
English
9783846768709
10.30965/9783846768709 DOI
Comparative Studies & World Literature.
Literature and Cultural Studies.
PK6530
800