Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650-1850: Rewriting Crusoe : The Robinsonade across Languages, Cultures, and Media (Paperback)

Published in 1719, Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe is one of those extraordinary literary works whose importance lies not only in the text itself but in its persistently lively afterlife. This celebratory collection of tercentenary essays testifies to the Robinsonade’s endurance, analyzing its various literary, aesthetic, philosophical, and cultural implications in historical context.