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Castaway Tales : From Robinson Crusoe to Life of Pi.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Early Classics of Science Fiction SeriesPublisher: Middletown, CT. 06459 : Wesleyan University Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (253 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780819576224
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Castaway TalesDDC classification:
  • 809.3/87
LOC classification:
  • PN3448.A3P35 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Castaway Tales -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1 SETTLEMENT -- 1 The Sea Captain and the Perfect Mango: Revision and Parody in Castaway Narratives -- 2 The Swiss Family Robinson to The Mysterious Island: Vicissitudes of the Crusoe Template -- Part 2 VIOLENCE -- 3 Moreau and Its Progeny: Abstraction and Violence -- 4 Successors of Moreau: Madness and Cannibalism -- Part 3 RECONCILIATION -- 5 Always Another Island: Females and Fridays -- 6 Recent Children's Novels: Recognizing Indigeneity, Facing Death -- 7 Recent Science Fiction Novels: Science Reaffirmed, Nature Rethought -- Conclusion Living Phenomena -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: A wide-ranging and appreciative literary history of the castaway tale from Defoe to the present.
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Cover -- Castaway Tales -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1 SETTLEMENT -- 1 The Sea Captain and the Perfect Mango: Revision and Parody in Castaway Narratives -- 2 The Swiss Family Robinson to The Mysterious Island: Vicissitudes of the Crusoe Template -- Part 2 VIOLENCE -- 3 Moreau and Its Progeny: Abstraction and Violence -- 4 Successors of Moreau: Madness and Cannibalism -- Part 3 RECONCILIATION -- 5 Always Another Island: Females and Fridays -- 6 Recent Children's Novels: Recognizing Indigeneity, Facing Death -- 7 Recent Science Fiction Novels: Science Reaffirmed, Nature Rethought -- Conclusion Living Phenomena -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

A wide-ranging and appreciative literary history of the castaway tale from Defoe to the present.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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