Robinson Crusoe After 300 Years

This wide-ranging collection brings together eleven scholars who suggest new and unfamiliar ways of thinking about the 1719 publications The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe and The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, and who ask us to consider the enduring appeal of "Crusoe," more recognizable today than ever before.

A Note on the Text Introduction Andreas K. E. Mueller and Glynis Ridley PART ONE: Generic Revisions 1 The Martian: Crusoe at the Final Frontier Glynis Ridley 2 Robinson’s Transgender Voyage: or, Burlesquing Crusoe Geoffrey Sill 3 Animal Crusoes: Anthropomorphism and Identification in Children’s Robinsonades Amy Hicks and Scott Pyrz PART TWO: Mind and Matter 4 Defoe and Newton: Modern Matter Laura Brown 5 Crusoe’s Ecstasies: Passivity, Resignation, and Tobacco Rites Daniel Yu 6 Taken by Storm: Robinson Crusoe and Aqueous Violence Jeremy Chow 7 Life Gets Tedious: Crusoe and the Threat of Boredom Pat Rogers PART THREE: Character and Form 8 Crusoe’s Rambling Benjamin F. Pauley 9 Crusoe’s Encounters with the World and the Problem of Justice in The Farther Adventures Maximillian E. Novak 10 “To Us the Mere Name Is Enough”: Robinson Crusoe, Myth, and Iconicity Andreas K. E. Mueller Acknowledgments Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index