This work explores the legend behind Daniel Defoe's classic novel, visiting possible places where this famous literary character could have been marooned. It al

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This is an encyclopedic work, arranged by broad categories and then by original authors, of literary pastiches in which fictional characters have reappeared in

This study contends that the main characters in Defoe's six major fictions represent a more profound anxiety and cynicism regarding the human condition than has

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