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Robinson Crusoe after 300 Years
Author | : Andreas K. E. Mueller,Glynis Ridley |
Publsiher | : Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2021-04-16 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781684482887 |
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There is no shortage of explanations for the longevity of Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, which has been interpreted as both religious allegory and frontier myth, with Crusoe seen as an example of the self-sufficient adventurer and the archetypal colonizer and capitalist. Defoe’s original has been reimagined multiple times in legions of Robinsonade or castaway stories, but the Crusoe myth is far from spent. This wideranging collection brings together eleven scholars who suggest new and unfamiliar ways of thinking about this most familiar of works, and who ask us to consider the enduring appeal of “Crusoe,” more recognizable today than ever before.
300 Years of Robinsonades
Author | : Emmanuelle Peraldo |
Publsiher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 203 |
Release | : 2020-03-10 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781527548404 |
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Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe (1719) has had an enduring and widespread impact, becoming a universal myth. This volume offers various approaches to the rewriting of the desert(ed) island myth of the novel. Its originality comes from the time range covered, as its focus ranges from medieval proto-Robinsonades to twentieth-century cinematic adaptations. It begins with an exploration of Robinsonades written before Robinson Crusoe, prompting discussion about the label “Robinsonade” and why critics have seen Defoe’s narrative as the hypotext of the genre. Robinson Crusoe can only be understood in the context of the imperial expansion of Britain in the 18th century and the rise of capitalism, but Robinsonades adapt to the audiences they address. At the turn of the 19th century, despite the changing context and the increasingly unrealistic claim that one could be stranded on a desert island fertile enough for rebuilding a new life and civilization, the myth of Robinson resurfaced in R. L. Stevenson’s and Joseph Conrad’s fictions. The 19th century was also marked by industrial revolution, progress and scientism, and the authors who wrote Robinsonades at that period witnessed how those developments changed the world. The volume includes a discussion of Jules Verne’s work as a critical perspective on colonial narratives, and deals with transmedial and transgeneric approaches, analysing the bridges and comparisons between the depictions of such narratives in literature, cinema, and television. Finally, the volume proposes a topical approach to the genre by focusing on the link between literature and the environment, and how the Robinsonade can awaken people’s consciences and help make a difference in the world. Bearing in mind the idea that Robinsonades can be wake-up calls, the epilogue of this volume offers a very original comparison between the Robinsonade and the political situation in Great Britain regarding Europe.
The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Author | : Daniel Defoe |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 600 |
Release | : 1840 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : BSB:BSB10753654 |
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300 Years of Robinsonades
Author | : Emmanuelle Peraldo |
Publsiher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 195 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Robinsonades |
ISBN | : 1527547248 |
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Daniel Defoeâ (TM)s Robinson Crusoe (1719) has had an enduring and widespread impact, becoming a universal myth. This volume offers various approaches to the rewriting of the desert(ed) island myth of the novel. Its originality comes from the time range covered, as its focus ranges from medieval proto-Robinsonades to twentieth-century cinematic adaptations. It begins with an exploration of Robinsonades written before Robinson Crusoe, prompting discussion about the label â oeRobinsonadeâ and why critics have seen Defoeâ (TM)s narrative as the hypotext of the genre. Robinson Crusoe can only be understood in the context of the imperial expansion of Britain in the 18th century and the rise of capitalism, but Robinsonades adapt to the audiences they address. At the turn of the 19th century, despite the changing context and the increasingly unrealistic claim that one could be stranded on a desert island fertile enough for rebuilding a new life and civilization, the myth of Robinson resurfaced in R. L. Stevensonâ (TM)s and Joseph Conradâ (TM)s fictions. The 19th century was also marked by industrial revolution, progress and scientism, and the authors who wrote Robinsonades at that period witnessed how those developments changed the world. The volume includes a discussion of Jules Verneâ (TM)s work as a critical perspective on colonial narratives, and deals with transmedial and transgeneric approaches, analysing the bridges and comparisons between the depictions of such narratives in literature, cinema, and television. Finally, the volume proposes a topical approach to the genre by focusing on the link between literature and the environment, and how the Robinsonade can awaken peopleâ (TM)s consciences and help make a difference in the world. Bearing in mind the idea that Robinsonades can be wake-up calls, the epilogue of this volume offers a very original comparison between the Robinsonade and the political situation in Great Britain regarding Europe.
Tobias Smollett After 300 Years
Author | : Richard J. Jones |
Publsiher | : Liverpool University Press |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2023-11-15 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781638040828 |
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Tobias Smollett After 300 Years offers a collection of essays on one of the great literary figures of the eighteenth century: the Scottish writer, Tobias Smollett (1721–1771). Drawing together the work of an international group of scholars, with a variety of critical approaches, the book examines aspects of Smollett’s life, writing and reputation on the three-hundredth anniversary of his birth.
Robinson Crusoe Illustrated
Author | : Daniel Defoe |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2021-02-08 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 9798706528706 |
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"Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. The first edition credited the work's protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author, leading many readers to believe he was a real person and the book a travelogue of true incidents.Epistolary, confessional, and didactic in form, the book is presented as an autobiography of the title character (whose birth name is Robinson Kreutznaer)-a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical desert island near Trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers, before ultimately being rescued. The story has been thought to be based on the life of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway who lived for four years on a Pacific island called ""Más a Tierra"", now part of Chile, which was renamed Robinson Crusoe Island in 1966"
Robinson Crusoe Illustrated Classic
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Author | : Daniel Defoe |
Publsiher | : SeaWolf Press |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2018-12-11 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 194946069X |
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Castaway Bodies in the Eighteenth Century English Robinsonade
Author | : Jakub Lipski |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 119 |
Release | : 2024-02-12 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9789004692916 |
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Exploring the metamorphoses of the body in the eighteenth-century Robinsonade as a crucial aspect of the genre’s ideologies, Castaway Bodies offers focused readings of intriguing, yet often forgotten, novels: Peter Longueville’s The English Hermit (1727), Robert Paltock’s Peter Wilkins (1751) and The Female American (1767) by an anonymous author. The book shows that by rewriting the myths of the New Adam, the Androgyne and the Amazon, respectively, these novels went beyond, though not completely counter to, the politics of conquest and mastery that are typically associated with the Robinsonade. It argues that even if these narratives could still be read as colonial fantasies, they opened a space for more consistent rejections of the imperial agenda in contemporary castaway fiction.