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Shipwrecked : disaster and transformation in Homer, Shakespeare, Defoe, and the modern world / James V. Morrison.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morrison, James V., 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shipwrecks in literature.
- Disasters in literature.
- Shipwreck survival in literature.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, [2014]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- "Four thousand years of shipwrecks in literature and film"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1. Shipwreck narratives
- 2. Shipwreck and identity in Homer's Odyssey
- 3. Shipwreck and opportunity from Ancient Egypt to the modern Caribbean
- 4. The struggle for power in Shakespeare's The Tempest
- 5. Salvation, power, and freedom: Saint Paul, caliban, and voyages in outter space
- 6. Culture and spiritual rebirth in Defoe's Robinson Crusoe
- 7. The struggle for survival in Philoctetes, Cast Away, and First on Mars
- 8. Competing narratives in Walcott's Pantomime and Coetzee's Foe
- 9. Conflict, the common good, and redemption in The Mysterious Island, Lord of the Flies, Lost, and Gilligan's Island
- 10. Shipwreck and the selling of paradise.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-237) and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472119202
- 9780472120062
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3998/mpub.5626042
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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