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Crusoes and Other Castaways in Modern French Literature: Solitary Adventures
Crusoes and Other Castaways in Modern French Literature: Solitary Adventures by Joseph Acquisto examines the many ways in which the castaway, particularly in the form of engagement with Robinson Crusoe, has been reinterpreted and appropriated in nineteenth through twenty-first century French literature. The book is not merely a literary history of the robinsonnade in France; rather, Acquisto demonstrates how what he calls the genre of “solitary adventure” becomes a vehicle for exploration of much larger questions about the reception of texts, modes of reading, and the relationship between popular and serious literary traditions. The heart of Crusoes and Other Castaways in Modern French Literature examines a crucial moment in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries when the history of cultural perspectives on reading and solitude intersect, catalyzing a reconsideration of Defoe’s tale. Acquisto’s philosophically inflected readings of works by writers from Rousseau to Balzac, Verne to Gide, Valéry to Tournier enhance intertextual and cultural approaches to the castaway myth and broaden our appreciation of the dynamic relation it has to modern French literature writ large.

Published by University of Delaware Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.
 
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Crusoes and Other Castaways in Modern French Literature: Solitary Adventures
Crusoes and Other Castaways in Modern French Literature: Solitary Adventures by Joseph Acquisto examines the many ways in which the castaway, particularly in the form of engagement with Robinson Crusoe, has been reinterpreted and appropriated in nineteenth through twenty-first century French literature. The book is not merely a literary history of the robinsonnade in France; rather, Acquisto demonstrates how what he calls the genre of “solitary adventure” becomes a vehicle for exploration of much larger questions about the reception of texts, modes of reading, and the relationship between popular and serious literary traditions. The heart of Crusoes and Other Castaways in Modern French Literature examines a crucial moment in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries when the history of cultural perspectives on reading and solitude intersect, catalyzing a reconsideration of Defoe’s tale. Acquisto’s philosophically inflected readings of works by writers from Rousseau to Balzac, Verne to Gide, Valéry to Tournier enhance intertextual and cultural approaches to the castaway myth and broaden our appreciation of the dynamic relation it has to modern French literature writ large.

Published by University of Delaware Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.
 
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Crusoes and Other Castaways in Modern French Literature: Solitary Adventures

Crusoes and Other Castaways in Modern French Literature: Solitary Adventures

by Joseph Acquisto
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Crusoes and Other Castaways in Modern French Literature: Solitary Adventures

by Joseph Acquisto

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Crusoes and Other Castaways in Modern French Literature: Solitary Adventures by Joseph Acquisto examines the many ways in which the castaway, particularly in the form of engagement with Robinson Crusoe, has been reinterpreted and appropriated in nineteenth through twenty-first century French literature. The book is not merely a literary history of the robinsonnade in France; rather, Acquisto demonstrates how what he calls the genre of “solitary adventure” becomes a vehicle for exploration of much larger questions about the reception of texts, modes of reading, and the relationship between popular and serious literary traditions. The heart of Crusoes and Other Castaways in Modern French Literature examines a crucial moment in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries when the history of cultural perspectives on reading and solitude intersect, catalyzing a reconsideration of Defoe’s tale. Acquisto’s philosophically inflected readings of works by writers from Rousseau to Balzac, Verne to Gide, Valéry to Tournier enhance intertextual and cultural approaches to the castaway myth and broaden our appreciation of the dynamic relation it has to modern French literature writ large.

Published by University of Delaware Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781644530948
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Publication date: 08/31/2012
Pages: 282
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range: 16 - 18 Years

About the Author

Joseph Acquisto, PhD is Professor of French and Department Chair at the University of Vermont, specializing in nineteenth and twentieth century French literature.

Table of Contents

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Introduction
Chapter One: Children of Rousseau: Castaways and Solitaries in the Early Nineteenth-Century Novel
Chapter Two: What is the Moral of this Story?: The Popular Robinsonnade in the Nineteenth Century
Chapter Three: Toward the Inner Solitary Adventure: Reading, Adventure, Solitude
Chapter Four: Turning Inward: The Robinson of the Poets
Chapter Five: Adventure in New Territory: The Solitary Adventure Novel 1921-1972
Chapter Six: Children of Tournier: The Late Twentieth Century and Beyond
Works Cited
About the Author
Notes

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