A Spectacular Failure : Robinson Crusoe I, II, III.

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Author / Creator:	Grand, Virginia La.
Imprint:	Amsterdam : Editions Rodopi, 2012.
Description:	1 online resource (246 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Costerus NS ; v. 198 Costerus NS.
Subject:	Defoe, Daniel, -- 1661?-1731. -- Robinson Crusoe. Robinson Crusoe (Defoe, Daniel) Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11168779

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ISBN:	9789401208635 9401208638 9401208638
Notes:	Print version record.
Summary:	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 abridgers misread his tale of the would-be trader Robinson Crusoe. Using Discourse Analysis and Relevance Theory to examine the early abridgements of Volume I and Defoe's subsequent two volumes, this study argues that Defoe's greatest success is also a peculiar failure.
Other form:	Print version: 9789042035881

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