Risk in Children's Adventure Literature examines the way in which adults discuss the reading and entertainment habits of children, and with it the assumption that adventure is a timeless and stable constant whose meaning and value is self-evident.
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.
