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Robinson Crusoe - Couverture souple

Defoe, Daniel

 
9781551119359: Robinson Crusoe
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1551119358 ISBN 13 : 9781551119359
Editeur : Broadview Press Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

Robinson Crusoe is one of the most famous literary characters in history, and his story has spawned hundreds of retellings. Inspired by the life of Alexander Selkirk, a sailor who lived for several years on a Pacific island, the novel tells the story of Crusoe’s survival after shipwreck on an island, interaction with the mainland’s native inhabitants, and eventual rescue. Read variously as economic fable, religious allegory, or imperialist fantasy, Crusoe has never lost its appeal as one of the most compelling adventure stories of all time.

In addition to an introduction and helpful notes, this Broadview Edition includes a wide range of appendices that situate Defoe’s 1719 novel amidst castaway narratives, economic treatises, reports of cannibalism, explorations of solitude, and Defoe’s own writings on slavery and the African trade. A final appendix presents images of Crusoe’s rescue of Friday from a dozen of the most significant illustrated editions of the novel published between 1719 and 1920.

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À propos de l'auteur

Evan R. Davis is Elliott Associate Professor of English at Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, Virginia.

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Éditeur
Broadview Press Ltd
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1551119358
ISBN 13 
9781551119359
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
422
Éditeur
Davis Evan R.
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