Robinson Crusoe - Myths and Metamorphoses (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 1996
First published:	1996
Editors:	Lieve Spaas • Brian Stimpson
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	328
ISBN-13:	978-0-333-63173-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Myths & mythology Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Folklore Books > Religion & Spirituality > Myths & mythology
LSN:	0-333-63173-0
Barcode:	9780333631737

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