The Cambridge companion to "Robinson Crusoe" / edited by John Richetti.
Richetti, John J., editor.
2018
PR3403.Z5 C36 2018 (Mapit)
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Title
The Cambridge companion to "Robinson Crusoe" / edited by John Richetti.
ISBN
9781107043497 (hardcover)
1107043492 (hardcover)
9781107696808 (paperback)
1107696801 (paperback)
Published
Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Language
English
Description
xix, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Call Number
PR3403.Z5 C36 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
823/.5
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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Richetti, John J., editor.
Series
Cambridge companions to literature.
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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.

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