Robinson Crusoe: Myths and Metamorphoses

Spaas, Lieve; Stimpson, Brian

Robinson Crusoe explores Defoe's story, the legend it captured, the universal desire which underlies the myth and a range of modern re-writings which reveal a continued fascination with the problematic character of this narrative. Whether envisaged as an heroic rejection of the old world order, a piece of pre-colonialist propaganda or a tale raising archetypal problems of 'otherness' and 'inequality', the mythic value of Crusoe has become a pretext over many centuries for an examination of some of the fundamental problems of existence. This collection of essays examines, from a wide range of critical and philosophical perspectives, the cultural manifestations of Robinson Crusoe in different centuries, in different media, in different genres.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 1996-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349136797

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-13677-3

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 328