Screen LibraryThe Cambridge companion to "Robinson Crusoe" /
"An instant success in its own time, Daniel Defoe's The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe has for three centuries drawn readers to its archetypal hero, the man surviving alone on an island. This Companion begins by studying the eighteenth-century literary, historical and cultural contexts of D...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"An instant success in its own time, Daniel Defoe's The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe has for three centuries drawn readers to its archetypal hero, the man surviving alone on an island. This Companion begins by studying the eighteenth-century literary, historical and cultural contexts of Defoe's novel, exploring the reasons for its immense popularity in Britain and in its colonies in America and in the wider European world. Chapters from leading scholars discuss the social, economic and political dimensions of Crusoe's island story before examining the 'after life' of Robinson Crusoe, from t |
| Carrier Form: | xix, 244 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-236) and index. |
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9781107043497 1107043492 9781107696808 1107696801 |
| Index Number: | PR3403 |
| CLC: | I561.074 |
| Call Number: | I561.074/C178-8 |
| Contents: | Part I. Robinson Crusoe and Daniel Defoe: the eighteenth century -- Genre, nature, Robinson Crusoe / J. Paul Hunter -- Robinson Crusoe and the form of the new novel / Rivka Swenson -- Robinson Crusoe and Defoe's career as a writer / Maximillian E. Novak -- Robinson Crusoe: housekeeping, gentility and property / Pat Rogers -- Robinson Crusoe and its sequels: the farther adventures and serious reflections / G.A. Starr -- Politics, history, and the Robinson Crusoe story / Rebecca Bullard -- Part II. Robinson Crusoe in the wider world -- Innovation and imitation in the eighteenth-century Robinso |