01307cam a2200193 i 4500008004100000020001800041020001500059040000800074050002400082100002000106245006800126300001900194505015200213505001700365518001500382520060100397650006900998650004601067151103s2015    enka     b    001 0 eng d  a9780719088810  a071908881X  aSDU00aPN1992bC462 S 20151 aChapman, James,10aSwashbucklers :bthe costume adventure series /cJames Chapman.  a 279 p.:bill.0 aExporting Englishness -- Fantasy factories -- Revisionist revivals -- Rebels with a cause -- Heritage heroes -- Millennial mavericks -- Conclusion.0 aHKBU library  aYT2025 M09  a"The book explores the history of swashbuckling television from its origins in the 1950s to the present day. It maps the major production cycles of the Anglophone swashbuckler both in Britain and in the United States and places the genre in its historical, cultural and institutional contexts. It shows how the success of The Adventures of Robin Hood in the 1950s established a template for a genre that has been one of the most successful of British television exports, and considers how America responded to this 'British invasion' with its own swashbuckling heroes such as Zorro."--Back cover. 0aAction and adventure television programsxHistory and criticism. 7aAction and adventure television programs.