Children's Literature, Popular Culture, and Robinson Crusoe

This study of the afterlife of Robinson Crusoe offers insights into the continued popularity and relevance of Crusoe's story and how modern conceptions of childhood are shaped by nostalgia and ideas of 'the popular'. Examining many adaptations in a variety of formats, it reconsiders the place Crusoe has occupied in our culture for three centuries.

Author: A. O'Malley
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 07/31/2012
Pages: 195
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.40w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780230272705

About the Author
ANDREW O'MALLEY Associate Professor in the Department of English at Ryerson University, Canada. He is the author of The Making of the Modern Child: Children's Literature and Childhood in the Late Eighteenth Century. His research and teaching interests include children's literature and culture, popular culture, and the eighteenth century.