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Castaway tales : From Robinson Crusoe to Life of Pi / Christopher Palmer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Palmer, Christopher, 1948- author.
- Series:
- Wesleyan early classics of science fiction series.
- The Wesleyan early classics of science fiction series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adventure stories--History and criticism.
- Adventure stories.
- Castaways in literature.
- Survival in literature.
- Islands in literature.
- Shipwrecks in literature.
- Crusoe, Robinson (Fictitious character).
- Crusoe, Robinson.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Middletown, CT : Wesleyan University Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- A wide-ranging and appreciative literary history of the castaway tale from Defoe to the present
- Contents:
- The sea captain and the perfect mango: revision and parody in castaway narratives
- The Swiss Family Robinson to the mysterious island and beyond: vicissitudes of the Crusoe template
- Moreau and its progeny: abstraction and violence
- Successors of Moreau: madness and cannibalism
- Always another island: females and fridays
- Recent children's novels: recognizing indigeneity, facing death
- Recent science fiction novels: science reaffirmed, nature rethought
- Conclusion: Living phenomena.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780819576224
- 0819576220
- OCLC:
- 944920090
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