This was an interesting class. I found it hilarious that Robinson Crusoe is not that origninal at all, but pieced together of other similar accounts. So Defoe did quite a bit of “research” before working on his novel. It is a work of its time, not only because it owes a lot to contemporary literature, but also because it is concerned with religion. A modern castaway will very likely worry about his provisions just as much, but probably not pray and think about religious issues.
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