Robinson Crusoe after 300 Years [1 ed.] 1684482879, 9781684482870
There is no shortage of explanations for the longevity of Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, which has been interpreted as both re
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Table of contents :
Cover
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
A Note on the Text
Introduction \ Andreas K. E. Mueller and Glynis Ridley
Part One: Generic Revisions
1. The Martian: Crusoe at the Final Frontier \ Glynis Ridley
2. Robinson’s Transgender Voyage: or, Burlesquing Crusoe \ Geoffrey Sill
3. Animal Crusoes: Anthropomorphism and Identification in Children’s Robinsonades \ Amy Hicks and Scott Pyrz
Part Two: Mind and Matter
4. Defoe and Newton: Modern Matter \ Laura Brown
5. Crusoe’s Ecstasies: Passivity, Resignation, and Tobacco Rites \ Daniel Yu
6. Taken by Storm: Robinson Crusoe and Aqueous Violence \ Jeremy Chow
7. Life Gets Tedious: Crusoe and the Threat of Boredom \ Pat Rogers
Part Three: Character and Form
8. Crusoe’s Rambling \ Benjamin F. Pauley
9. Crusoe’s Encounters with the World and the Problem of Justice in The Farther Adventures \ Maximillian E. Novak
10. “To Us the Mere Name Is Enough”: Robinson Crusoe, Myth, and Iconicity \ Andreas K. E. Mueller
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index
Cover
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
A Note on the Text
Introduction \ Andreas K. E. Mueller and Glynis Ridley
Part One: Generic Revisions
1. The Martian: Crusoe at the Final Frontier \ Glynis Ridley
2. Robinson’s Transgender Voyage: or, Burlesquing Crusoe \ Geoffrey Sill
3. Animal Crusoes: Anthropomorphism and Identification in Children’s Robinsonades \ Amy Hicks and Scott Pyrz
Part Two: Mind and Matter
4. Defoe and Newton: Modern Matter \ Laura Brown
5. Crusoe’s Ecstasies: Passivity, Resignation, and Tobacco Rites \ Daniel Yu
6. Taken by Storm: Robinson Crusoe and Aqueous Violence \ Jeremy Chow
7. Life Gets Tedious: Crusoe and the Threat of Boredom \ Pat Rogers
Part Three: Character and Form
8. Crusoe’s Rambling \ Benjamin F. Pauley
9. Crusoe’s Encounters with the World and the Problem of Justice in The Farther Adventures \ Maximillian E. Novak
10. “To Us the Mere Name Is Enough”: Robinson Crusoe, Myth, and Iconicity \ Andreas K. E. Mueller
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index
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