Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. ix, 271 p.; 24 cm.

Subject

1. French literature > 19th century > History and criticism
2. French literature > 20th century > History and criticism
3. Adventure and adventurers in literature
4. Adventure stories, French > History and criticism
5. Crusoe, Robinson (Fictitious character)
6. Castaways in literature

Contents

1. Introduction -- Children of Rousseau: castaways and solitaries in the early nineteenth-century novel -- What is the moral of this story?: the popular Robinsonnade in the nineteenth century -- Toward the inner solitary adventure: reading, adventure, solitude -- Turning inward: the Robinson of the poets -- Adventure in new territory: the solitary adventure novel 1921-1972 -- Children of Tournier: the late twentieth century and beyond.

Call number

1. JFE 12-7430

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Acquisto, Joseph, 1975-

Title

1. Crusoes and other castaways in modern French literature : solitary adventures / Joseph Acquisto.

Imprint

1. Newark [Del.] : University of Delaware Press ; Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2012.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

LCCN

1. 2012017564

ISBN

1. 9781611494068 (cloth : alk. paper)
2. 1611494060 (cloth : alk. paper)
3. 9781611494075 (electronic)
4. 1611494079 (electronic)

Research call number

1. JFE 12-7430