Spectacular failure : : Robinson Crusoe I, II, III /

Spectacular failure : : Robinson Crusoe I, II, III / / Virginia La Grand.

This study examines Defoe’s three-volume Robinson Crusoe series in the light of the ‘banter’ style he developed as a pamphleteer. That heavily ironic style had brought him renown but also put him in the pillory. The present study explores for the first time Defoe’s complaint that readers and pirate...

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La Grand, Virginia.
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Costerus New Series 198.
Physical Description:1 online resource (246 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • PREFACE
  • READING ROBINSON CRUSOE
  • PRINT DISCOURSE IN DEFOE’S DAY
  • A LONG BATTLE OVER THE SHORTEST-WAY
  • PIRATING ROBINSON CRUSOE
  • ROBINSON CRUSOE’S TEXTUAL NEIGHBORS
  • WHAT DEFOE LOST TO THE PIRATES
  • A WORLD UNITED BY TRADE
  • SERIOUS REFLECTIONS
  • THE END OF THE DEBATE
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • CURRICULUM VITAE OF THE AUTHOR.

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