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Author Morrison, James V., 1956- author.
Title Shipwrecked : Disaster and Transformation in Homer, Shakespeare, Defoe, and the Modern World / James V. Morrison.
Publisher Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2014]
Copyright date ©2014



Descript 1 online resource (viii, 242 pages)
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Contents 1. Shipwreck Narratives -- 2. Shipwreck and Identity in Homer's Odyssey -- 3. Shipwreck and Opportunity from Ancient Egypt to the Modern Caribbean -- 4. The Struggle for Power in Shakespeare's The Tempest -- 5. Salvation, Power, and Freedom: Saint Paul, Caliban, and Voyages in Outer Space -- 6. Culture and Spiritual Rebirth in Defoe's Robinson Crusoe -- 7. The Struggle for Survival in Philoctetes, Cast Away, and First on Mars -- 8. Competing Narratives in Walcott's Pantomime and Coetzee's Foe -- 9. Conflict, the Common Good, and Redemption in The Mysterious Island, Lord of the Flies, Lost, and Gilligan's Island -- 10. Shipwreck and the Selling of Paradise.
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ISBN 0472120069 (electronic bk.)
9780472120062 (electronic bk.)
1306771005
9781306771009
9780472119202 (hardback)
0472119206 (hardback)
Standard no. 10.3998/mpub.5626042
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Author Morrison, James V., 1956- author.
Subject Shipwrecks in literature.
Disasters in literature.
Shipwreck survival in literature.
Descript 1 online resource (viii, 242 pages)
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Descript data file
Contents 1. Shipwreck Narratives -- 2. Shipwreck and Identity in Homer's Odyssey -- 3. Shipwreck and Opportunity from Ancient Egypt to the Modern Caribbean -- 4. The Struggle for Power in Shakespeare's The Tempest -- 5. Salvation, Power, and Freedom: Saint Paul, Caliban, and Voyages in Outer Space -- 6. Culture and Spiritual Rebirth in Defoe's Robinson Crusoe -- 7. The Struggle for Survival in Philoctetes, Cast Away, and First on Mars -- 8. Competing Narratives in Walcott's Pantomime and Coetzee's Foe -- 9. Conflict, the Common Good, and Redemption in The Mysterious Island, Lord of the Flies, Lost, and Gilligan's Island -- 10. Shipwreck and the Selling of Paradise.
Note English.
ISBN 0472120069 (electronic bk.)
9780472120062 (electronic bk.)
1306771005
9781306771009
9780472119202 (hardback)
0472119206 (hardback)
Standard no. 10.3998/mpub.5626042
Author Morrison, James V., 1956- author.
Subject Shipwrecks in literature.
Disasters in literature.
Shipwreck survival in literature.

Subject Shipwrecks in literature.
Disasters in literature.
Shipwreck survival in literature.
Descript 1 online resource (viii, 242 pages)
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Descript data file
Contents 1. Shipwreck Narratives -- 2. Shipwreck and Identity in Homer's Odyssey -- 3. Shipwreck and Opportunity from Ancient Egypt to the Modern Caribbean -- 4. The Struggle for Power in Shakespeare's The Tempest -- 5. Salvation, Power, and Freedom: Saint Paul, Caliban, and Voyages in Outer Space -- 6. Culture and Spiritual Rebirth in Defoe's Robinson Crusoe -- 7. The Struggle for Survival in Philoctetes, Cast Away, and First on Mars -- 8. Competing Narratives in Walcott's Pantomime and Coetzee's Foe -- 9. Conflict, the Common Good, and Redemption in The Mysterious Island, Lord of the Flies, Lost, and Gilligan's Island -- 10. Shipwreck and the Selling of Paradise.
Note English.
ISBN 0472120069 (electronic bk.)
9780472120062 (electronic bk.)
1306771005
9781306771009
9780472119202 (hardback)
0472119206 (hardback)
Standard no. 10.3998/mpub.5626042

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