Robinson Crusoe: Myths And Metamorphoses
by Lieve Spaas
2021-01-12 09:27:43
Robinson Crusoe: Myths And Metamorphoses
by Lieve Spaas
2021-01-12 09:27:43
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 ...
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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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