TY  - BOOK
AU  - Artur Blaim
PY  - 2021
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
TI  - Robinson Crusoe and His Doubles
T2  - The English Robinsonade of the Eighteenth Century
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1109627
N2  - 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.
KW  - Desert island narratives, Daniel Defoe, Early modern novel, Utopian fiction, Culture and nature
LA  - English
ER  -