Full Description
Robinson Crusoe, an adventure tale that fascinated such thinkers as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Karl Marx, Virginia Woolf, and J. M. Coetzee, has been an international best-seller for three hundred years. An adventure tale involving cannibals, pirates, and shipwrecks, it embodies economic, social, political, and philosophical themes that continue to be relevant today. Moreover, the notion of isolation on a deserted island and a fascination with survival continue to be central to countless popular cinema and television programs. This edition of the novel with its introduction, line notes, and full bibliographical notes provides a uniquely scholarly presentation of the novel. There has been no other edition like it.
Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.
Contents
List of Illustrations
Foreword
Headnote
Introduction
Critical Reputation
Source in Defoe's Writing and Other Authors
Contemporary Influences on the Novel
The Novel as Historical Fiction
Philosophical and Social Themes
Religion as a Formal Structure and Practice
Colonial and Post-Colonial Themes
Language, Style, and Fiction
Selected Bibliography
Works Consulted Before 1731
Works Consulted After 1731
Notes to Headnote
The Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
The Preface
The Journal
Bibliographic Descriptions
Variants
Introduction to the List of Variants
List of Variants
List of Works Consulted
Line Notes
About the Editors
