Robinson Crusoe After 300 Years

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1684482860
• ISBN13: 9781684482863
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Bucknell University Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher