The Cambridge Companion to ‘Robinson Crusoe'

ISBN-13: 9781107043497 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 268 str.

John Richetti (University of Pennsylvania)

Opis

Explores a major eighteenth-century narrative and the power of the Crusoe figure beyond the pages of the original book.

Spis treści

Preface John Richetti; Part I. Robinson Crusoe and Daniel Defoe: The Eighteenth Century: 1. Genre, nature, Robinson Crusoe J. Paul Hunter; 2. Robinson Crusoe and the form of the new novel Rivka Swenson; 3. Robinson Crusoe and Defoe's career as a writer Maximillian E. Novak; 4. Robinson Crusoe: housekeeping, gentility and property Pat Rogers; 5. Robinson Crusoe and its sequels: the farther adventures and serious reflections George A. Starr; 6. Politics, history, and the Robinson Crusoe story Rebecca Bullard; Part II. Robinson Crusoe in the Wider World: 7. Innovation and imitation in the eighteenth-century Robinsonade Carl Fisher; 8. The Crusoe story: philosophical and psychological implications Helen Thompson; 9. Robinson Crusoe and travel writing: the transatlantic world Eve Tabor Bannet; 10. Robinson Crusoe and colonialism Dennis Todd; Part III. Robinson Crusoe over Three Hundred Years: 11. The iconic Crusoe: illustrations and images of Robinson Crusoe David Blewett; 12. Robinsonades for young people Jill Campbell; 13. Anti-Crusoes, alternative Crusoes: revisions of the island story in the twentieth century Ann Marie Fallon; 14. Robinson Crusoe in the screen age Robert Mayer.