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The Cambridge companion to "Robinson Crusoe"
- Title
- The Cambridge companion to "Robinson Crusoe" / edited by John Richetti.
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- ©2018
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Richetti, John J.
- Description
- xix, 244 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "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 the book's multitudinous translations to its cultural migrations and transformations into other media such as film and television. By considering Defoe's seminal work from a variety of critical perspectives, this book provides a full understanding of the perennial fascination with, and the enduring legacy of, both the book and its iconic hero"--
- Series Statement
- Cambridge companions to literature
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge companions to literature.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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 Robinsonade / Carl Fisher -- The Crusoe story: philosophical and psychological implications / Helen Thompson -- Robinson Crusoe and travel writing: the transatlantic world / Eve Tavor Bannet -- Robinson Crusoe and colonialism / Dennis Todd -- Part III. Robinson Crusoe over three hundred years -- The iconic Crusoe: illustrations and images of Robinson Crusoe / David Blewett -- Robinsonades for young people / Jill Campbell -- Anti-Crusoes, alternative Crusoes: revisions of the island story in the twentieth century / Ann Marie Fallon -- Robinson Crusoe in the screen age / Robert Mayer.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-6758
- ISBN
- 9781107043497
- 1107043492
- 9781107696808
- 1107696801
- LCCN
- 2018000011
- OCLC
- 1013736305
- Title
- The Cambridge companion to "Robinson Crusoe" / edited by John Richetti.
- Publisher
- Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Cambridge companions to literatureCambridge companions to literature.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Richetti, John J., editor.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-6758