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Robinson Crusoe and His Doubles The English Robinsonade of the Eighteenth Century

Blaim Artur
Innbundet / 2016 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9783631679425
Publisert
2016
Utgiver
Vendor
Peter Lang AG
Vekt
370 gr
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
148 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
212

Forfatter
Blaim Artur

Biographical note

Artur Blaim is Professor of English Literature at the University of Gdańsk. He is the author of «Gazing in Useless Wonder. English Utopian Fiction 1516–1800» (2013) and «Utopian Visions and Revisions. The Uses of Ideal Worlds» (2016). He has co-edited several volumes on utopian/dystopian fiction and cinema like «Spectres of Utopia. Theory, Practice, Conventions» (2012) and «Mediated Utopias» (2015). His main research interests include utopia/dystopia in literature, film and other media, William Shakespeare, cultural semiotics, and desert island narratives.

Robinson Crusoe and His Doubles The English Robinsonade of the Eighteenth Century

Blaim Artur
Innbundet / 2016 / Engelsk
Blaim Artur
Innbundet / 2016 / Engelsk
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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.
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The book is a study of the eighteenth-century English robinsonade focusing on the pre-history of the genre, the multi-level semantics of «Robinson Crusoe», its functioning as a genre model, and the subsequent process of its simplification by the gradual elimination of religious meanings and foregrounding the exciting adventures.
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«One common dictum that reviews tend to overstate is the perceived usefulness of a work of criticism for both casual, non-academic readers and academics/scholars alike, but Robinson Crusoe and His Doubles actually manages to maintain a suitable scholarly rigour while still being an accessible yet formal introduction to eighteenth-century popular literary texts and travel narratives, on the whole.» (Ian Kinane, Eighteenth-Century Fiction 30/4 2018 Full review)
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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.
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The book is a study of the eighteenth-century English robinsonade focusing on the pre-history of the genre, the multi-level semantics of «Robinson Crusoe», its functioning as a genre model, and the subsequent process of its simplification by the gradual elimination of religious meanings and foregrounding the exciting adventures.
Les mer
Robinson Crusoe – Daniel Defoe – Robinsonades – Survival narratives – Castaway narratives – Early modern novel – Utopian fiction – Eighteenth-century English literature
«One common dictum that reviews tend to overstate is the perceived usefulness of a work of criticism for both casual, non-academic readers and academics/scholars alike, but Robinson Crusoe and His Doubles actually manages to maintain a suitable scholarly rigour while still being an accessible yet formal introduction to eighteenth-century popular literary texts and travel narratives, on the whole.» (Ian Kinane, Eighteenth-Century Fiction 30/4 2018 Full review)
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9783631679425
Publisert
2016
Utgiver
Vendor
Peter Lang AG
Vekt
370 gr
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
148 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
212

Forfatter
Blaim Artur

Biographical note

Artur Blaim is Professor of English Literature at the University of Gdańsk. He is the author of «Gazing in Useless Wonder. English Utopian Fiction 1516–1800» (2013) and «Utopian Visions and Revisions. The Uses of Ideal Worlds» (2016). He has co-edited several volumes on utopian/dystopian fiction and cinema like «Spectres of Utopia. Theory, Practice, Conventions» (2012) and «Mediated Utopias» (2015). His main research interests include utopia/dystopia in literature, film and other media, William Shakespeare, cultural semiotics, and desert island narratives.

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