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Crusoe
Daniel Defoe, Robert Knox, and the Creation of a Myth
By Frank, Katherine
- ISBN
- 9781605983349
- Publisher
- Pegasus
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Starred Review on February 1, 2012 | Arts and Humanities
Daniel Defoe was a pioneer of the novel, writing his first one, Robinson Crusoe (1719), when he was about 60. What inspired that story, which, like Defoe's other major fiction, has remained in print for almost 300 years? Frank (A Voyager Out: A Life of Mary Kingsley) alternately explores Defoe's creation of Robinson Crusoe and the life of East India Company sea captain Robert Knox, who, decades before Defoe's novel, wa...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
