The sea captain and the perfect mango: revision and parody in castaway narratives -- The Swiss Family Robinson to the mysterious island and beyond: vicissitudes of the Crusoe template -- Moreau and its progeny: abstraction and violence -- Successors of Moreau: madness and cannibalism -- Always another island: females and fridays -- Recent children's novels: recognizing indigeneity, facing death -- Recent science fiction novels: science reaffirmed, nature rethought -- Conclusion: Living phenomena
Summary
A wide-ranging and appreciative literary history of the castaway tale from Defoe to the present
