From Robinson to Robinsonaden. Myth and childhood metaphors

The article considers the Robinson Crusoe's myth as the founder of the modern novel that, during the nineteenth century, emerged as a strategic reading within a project of acculturation of the middle-class childhood. In order to understand the extraordinary and long-lasting appeal that the work...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chiara Lepri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2017-11-01
Series:Rivista di Storia dell'Educazione
Online Access:https://www.rivistadistoriadelleducazione.it/index.php/RSE/article/view/55