Defoe, Daniel: Robinson Crusoe - Further Reading

FURTHER READING

Baker, Ernest A. The History of the English Novel, Vol. III: The Later Romances and the Establishment of Realism, 1929. Reprint. New York: Barnes and Noble, Inc., 1950, 278 p.

Volume in acclaimed series examines Defoe's contribution to the establishment of realism in literature.

Bell, Ian A. "Robinson Crusoe and Adventure." In Defoe's Fiction, pp. 73–114. London: Croom Helm, 1985.

Argues that Robinson Crusoe wavers back and forth between adventure and prudence.

Benjamin, Edwin B. "Symbolic Elements in Robinson Crusoe." Philological Quarterly 30, No. 2 (April 1951): 206–11.

Argues that details in Robinson Crusoe should be interpreted symbolically rather than as literally based on specifics in Defoe's life.

Byrd, Max, editor. Daniel Defoe: A Collection of Critical Essays....

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