Introduction
1. Adventurous Hegemonies in the Imperial Romance
2. Romance Without Risk in Early American Girls’ Scouting Fiction
3. We Didn’t Mean to: The Accidental Adventurer in Ransome, Blyton, and Beyond
4. Risk and Randomness in 'Choose Your Own Adventure'
5. Adventurous Authority in the Survival Novel
6. Treasure Chests and Tomb Raiders: Redistributing Risk in the Postcolonial Adventure Novel
Epilogue: Breaking Free
Biography
Eleanor McCausland is Associate Professor of English Literature at Ghent University, where she teaches on children’s literature, nineteenth-century literature, and literature and popular music. Her research interests include medievalism, children’s literature, ecocriticism, and adaptation. She is also an award-winning food writer.
