The Illustration of Robinson Crusoe, 1719-1920

by David Blewett

Defoe's Robinson Crusoe has exerted a powerful fascination of generations of readers since its publication in 1719. And not only readers, but artists too; few works have ever been published in so many illustrated editions. In this analysis of over 100 representative illustrations Blewett shows both how Crusoe as a figure in the Western imagination and Robinson Crusoe as a text have been viewed and interpreted by illustrators and engravers not only...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0901072672
• ISBN13: 9780901072672
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 141.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"