Daniel Defoe's Robinson CrusoeHarold Bloom A collection of seven critical essays on "Robinson Crusoe" arranged in chronological order of their original publication. |
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... man's ontological egocentricity the need to assume a false façade of social intercourse , or to indulge in the mockery of communication with his fellows . Robinson Crusoe , then , presents a monitory image of the ultimate consequences ...
... man's ontological egocentricity the need to assume a false façade of social intercourse , or to indulge in the mockery of communication with his fellows . Robinson Crusoe , then , presents a monitory image of the ultimate consequences ...
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... man's struggle against nature as both physical and metaphysical . Reared upon Puritan reli- gious tradition and Puritan habits of mind , Defoe views Crusoe's struggles for survival against a background of established metaphors for ...
... man's struggle against nature as both physical and metaphysical . Reared upon Puritan reli- gious tradition and Puritan habits of mind , Defoe views Crusoe's struggles for survival against a background of established metaphors for ...
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... man's potential savagery in his natural , unregenerated state . ) In a similar way Crusoe , although he has had the advantage of being reared by a " wise and grave " father in a presumably Christian setting , is also guided by his ...
... man's potential savagery in his natural , unregenerated state . ) In a similar way Crusoe , although he has had the advantage of being reared by a " wise and grave " father in a presumably Christian setting , is also guided by his ...
Contents
Robinson Crusoe | 5 |
Individualism and the Novel | 11 |
Crusoe and Spiritual Autobiography | 43 |
Copyright | |
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A. D. Hope action adventures afflictions alien allegorical becomes begins Brazil Bunyan called Calvinist cannibals character Christian condition conversion course critics Crusoe's island Daniel Defoe Defoe's heroes deliverance desire disobedience Dissenter divine dream economic specialisation effect Elizabeth Bishop England English experience fact fantasy father fiction footprint Friday Friday's Glorious Revolution God's heaven human Ian Watt imagination individual interpretation introspection isolation kind labour later Leopold Damrosch literary live man's means metaphors mind modern Moll Flanders moral narrative nature never novel novelist once original original sin pattern Paul Hunter Pilgrim's Progress political prodigal Providence providential punishment Puritan reader realism reality reason religious repentance Robinson Crusoe savage secret sense Serious Reflections ship shipwreck significance sinner sins social society solitary solitude soul sovereignty Spiritual Autobiography story strange Stuart suggests tendency things thought tion tradition turn University Virginia Woolf voyage word Xury