Global Crusoe
Author | : Ann Marie Fallon |
Publisher | : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 171 |
Release | : 2011 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781409429982 |
ISBN-13 | : 1409429989 |
Rating | : 4/5 (989 Downloads) |
Download or read book Global Crusoe written by Ann Marie Fallon and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global Crusoe travels across the twentieth-century globe to explore the huge variety of contemporary incarnations of Daniel Defoe's intrepid character. Reading texts by authors such as Nadine Gordimer, Bessie Head, Derek Walcott and J.M. Coetzee, Fallon argues that the twentieth-century Crusoe is not a lone, struggling survivor, but a cosmopolitan figure who serves as a warning against the dangers of individual isolation and colonial oppression.