Robinson Crusoe and his doubles : the English Robinsonade of the eighteenth century / Artur Blaim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blaim, Artur, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Robinson Crusoe.

Defoe, Daniel.

Robinson Crusoe (Defoe, Daniel).

Robinsonades--History and criticism.

Robinsonades.

English fiction--18th century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

212 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt am Main : Peter Lang Edition, [2016]

Summary:

The book is a study of the eighteenth-century English robinsonade, also known as desert island or castaway narrative. It discusses the pre-history of the genre, the complex multi-level semantics of “Robinson Crusoe”, its role in introducing a new mode of meaning formation combining the conventions of the travel narrative, Providence book, and spiritual autobiography, as well as its functioning as a genre model for later authors. Another important subject is the subsequent process of robinsonade's simplification by the gradual elimination of religious meanings and foregrounding the exciting adventures of the protagonists, turning IT into a genre of children's literature. Book jacket.

Contents:

Preliminaries: Texts and criticism

The adventurous parable: Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe

Mimesis and pleasurable instruction: the genre pattern

From instruction to entertainment: functional and structural changes

Civilisation vs. nature: cultural significance of the theme.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783631679425

3631679424

OCLC:

966609938

Publisher Number:

99972589104