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This collection explores the literary theme of survival, important to such key literary works as Homer's Odyssey, Melville's Moby-Dick, Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Elie Wiesel's Night, as well as Jon Krakauer's nonfiction work, Into the Wild among many others. The book includes four essays that survey the critical conversation regarding the theme, explore its cultural and historical contexts, and offers close readings of key texts containing the theme.

Survival in literature.

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"Long a centerpiece of eighteenth-century literary studies and a significant influence on the fiction of its day, Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe remains a standard text for teaching the period and continues to inspire popular adaptations and imitations, from children’s books to adventure films to reality TV. In teaching the work, instructors are challenged to separate the popular images of Crusoe from the text and its two sequels, creating distance from the myth without losing sight of why it is so powerful. Students need guidance in recognizing the way the novel blends genres—romance, travel tale, spiritual biography, diary, economic and political allegory—and in judging the character of Crusoe, a topic that has elicited much scholarly debate. The essays in this volume offer classroom tested strategies that address these and many other concerns."--Publisher's description.

Shipwreck survival in literature --- Crusoe, Robinson (Fictitious character) --- Defoe, Daniel, --- Defoe, Daniel, --- Study and teaching.

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English literature --- Rhetoric. --- Romanticism. --- Survival in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Shakespeare, William, --- Rhetoric --- Romanticism --- Survival in literature --- Pseudo-romanticism --- Romanticism in literature --- Aesthetics --- Fiction --- Literary movements --- Language and languages --- Speaking --- Authorship --- Expression --- Literary style --- History and criticism

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Castaways in literature. --- Crusoe, Robinson (Fictitious character). --- Islands in literature. --- Literature, Modern --- Shipwreck survival in literature. --- Solitude in literature. --- History and criticism.

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Authors and publishers --- Crusoe, Robinson (Fictitious character) --- Islands in literature --- Literature publishing --- Shipwreck survival in literature --- History --- Defoe, Daniel, --- Defoe, Daniel