Robinson Crusoe - Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth


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Celebrating 300 years since its first publication, Pook Press releases a new edition of Daniel Defoe's 'Robinson Crusoe', with stunning illustrations by N. C. Wyeth. Pook Press presents this facsimile of the 1920 illustrated edition, containing 13 nostalgic colour plates by N. C. Wyeth, one of America's greatest Illustrators.




The Cambridge Companion to ‘Robinson Crusoe'


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An instant success in its own time, Daniel Defoe's The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe has for three centuries drawn readers to its archetypal hero, the man surviving alone on an island. This Companion begins by studying the eighteenth-century literary, historical and cultural contexts of Defoe's novel, exploring the reasons for its immense popularity in Britain and in its colonies in America and in the wider European world. Chapters from leading scholars discuss the social, economic and political dimensions of Crusoe's island story before examining the 'after life' of Robinson Crusoe, from the book's multitudinous translations to its cultural migrations and transformations into other media such as film and television. By considering Defoe's seminal work from a variety of critical perspectives, this book provides a full understanding of the perennial fascination with, and the enduring legacy of, both the book and its iconic hero.




The Illustration of Robinson Crusoe, 1719-1920


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Defoe's Robinson Crusoe has exerted a powerful fascination of generations of readers since its publication in 1719. And not only readers, but artists too; few works have ever been published in so many illustrated editions. In this analysis of over 100 representative illustrations Blewett shows both how Crusoe as a figure in the Western imagination and Robinson Crusoe as a text have been viewed and interpreted by illustrators and engravers not only in the English speaking world byt in Europe as well. His unique study is an invaluable work not only for fans of Defoe's most famous work, but for everyone interested in the history of book illustration.







Robinson Crusoe


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This Top Five Classics illustrated edition of Robinson Crusoe includes: • 28 beautiful color plates by N.C. Wyeth, Elenore Plaisted Abbott, and others. • Another 17 black-and-white illustrations by artists from editions published from the 18th to the early 20th century. • Introduction • Author bio Considered by many to be the first true English novel, Robinson Crusoe is the original castaway story—one man shipwrecked on a desert island with little but his wits and the available resources to sustain him. Written in 1719 by Daniel Defoe and based in part on the true-life accounts of actual marooned sailors of his day, the book was an immediate success and spawned a new form of storytelling.







The New Robinson Crusoe


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The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Illustr. by Plates and Woodcuts Designed by T.H. Nicholson, Engr. by C.W. Sheeres


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