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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Theorising Literary Islands - Contemporary Robinsonade Narratives

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Theorising Literary Islands explores how the island trope functions within contemporary Robinsonade narratives, tracing Western islomania from Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe to modern texts. This literary and cultural study examines American and European representations of fictionalized Pacific Island topographies across literature, film, television, and media. The book analyses why island landscapes remain ubiquitous in storytelling, offering insights into how islands shape narrative meaning and cultural imagination in contemporary fiction and visual media.

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Explores the island trope in Robinsonade narratives from Robinson Crusoe to contemporary texts published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Traces the development of Western islomania and cultural obsession with islands across American and European literature and media.

Analyses fictionalized Pacific Island topographies in contemporary literature, film, television, and other media formats.

Provides literary and cultural study examining how island landscapes function within modern popular narratives and storytelling traditions.

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hardcover
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Amazon UK
Release Date
01 November 2016
Listed Since
26 September 2015

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