Shipwrecked: Disaster and Transformation in Homer, Shakespeare, Defoe, and the Modern Worldpresents the first comparative study of notable literary shipwrecks from the past four thousand years, focusing on Homer sOdyssey, Shakespeare sThe Tempest, and Defoe sRobinson Crusoe. James V. Morrison considers the historical context as well as the triggers (such as the 1609 Bermuda shipwreck) that inspired some of these works, and modern responses such as novels (Golding sLord of the Flies, Coetzee sFoe, and Gordon sFirst on Mars, a science fiction...
Shipwrecked: Disaster and Transformation in Homer, Shakespeare, Defoe, and the Modern Worldpresents the first comparative study of notable lite...