Theorising literary islands : the island trope in contemporary Robinsonade narratives / Ian Kinane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kinane, Ian, author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Rethinking the island

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Fiction.

Fiction--21st century--History and criticism.

Islands in literature.

Robinsonades.

Literature.

robinsonades.

Pacific Area--In literature.

Pacific Area.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 pages)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2016.

Summary:

Theorising Literary Islands is a literary and cultural study of both how and why the trope of the island functions within contemporary popular Robinsonade narratives. It traces the development of Western “islomania” – or our obsession with islands – from its origins in Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe right up to contemporary Robinsonade texts, focusing predominantly on American and European representations of fictionalized Pacific Island topographies in contemporary literature, film, television, and other media. Theorising Literary Islands argues that the ubiquity of island landscapes within the popular imagination belies certain ideological and cultural anxieties, and posits that the emergence of a Western popular culture tradition can largely be traced through the development of the Robinsonade genre, and through early European and American fascination with the Pacific region.

Contents:

Acknowledgments/ Introduction: "Which Came First, the Island Books, or Islomania?" / 1. Re-Reading Robinsonade Literature / 2. Geo-Imaginary Islands / 3. Islands: Topographies of Self / 4. Islands of Paradise? / 5. Remediating Islands: From Page to Screen / 6. Islands in Mediation / Afterword: Islands on the Horizon / Bibliography / Filmography / Index

ISBN:

979-88-8181-730-5

1-78348-807-7

OCLC:

1100893847