Approaches to Teaching Defoe's Robinson Crusoe
Approaches to Teaching Defoe's Robinson Crusoe

Author: Maximillian E. Novak

Publisher: Modern Language Assn of Amer

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 9780873529174

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Now at ninety-three volumes, this popular MLA series addresses a broad range of literary texts. Each volume surveys teaching aids and critical material and brings together essays that apply a variety of perspectives to teaching the text. In these essays, experienced teachers discuss approaches and methods they have found effective in keeping classroom discussions lively.

A Defoe Companion
A Defoe Companion

Author: J. Hammond

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1993-07-21

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 0230374700

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Defoe occupies a central place in the history of English literature. As the author of Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders he can claim to be the creator of the first novels in English, and he was one of the earliest practitioners of the 'desert island' myth which has had such an influence on the human imagination. In A Journal of the Plague Year and A Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain he forged a distinctive documentary style which deeply influenced later writers.

The Cambridge Companion to ‘Robinson Crusoe'
The Cambridge Companion to ‘Robinson Crusoe'

Author: John Richetti

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-04-26

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 1108609287

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An instant success in its own time, Daniel Defoe's The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe has for three centuries drawn readers to its archetypal hero, the man surviving alone on an island. This Companion begins by studying the eighteenth-century literary, historical and cultural contexts of Defoe's novel, exploring the reasons for its immense popularity in Britain and in its colonies in America and in the wider European world. Chapters from leading scholars discuss the social, economic and political dimensions of Crusoe's island story before examining the 'after life' of Robinson Crusoe, from the book's multitudinous translations to its cultural migrations and transformations into other media such as film and television. By considering Defoe's seminal work from a variety of critical perspectives, this book provides a full understanding of the perennial fascination with, and the enduring legacy of, both the book and its iconic hero.

Towards a Standard English
Towards a Standard English

Author: Dieter Stein

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2012-10-25

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 3110864282

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The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics.