Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-188) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Robinson Crusoe, the child, and the people -- Performing Crusoe and becoming Crusoes: the pedagogical uses of Robinson Crusoe in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- Crusoe comes home: Robinsonades and children's editions of Robinson Crusoe -- Poaching on Crusoe's island: popular reading and chapbook editions of Robinson Crusoe -- Animal spirits are everything!: Robinson Crusoe pantomimes and the child of nostalgia -- An island of toys: childhood and Robinson Crusoe consumer goods.
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