DANIEL DEFOE: ROBINSON CRUSOE

Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, has been interpreted at various levels since it was first published in 1719. Its enduring popularity does not merely rest on its being an adventure story; it was meant to be a religious allegory in the mode of The Pilgrim’s Progress, to begin with. But it has transcended Defoe’s avowed purpose over the centuries. The present critical study explores and analyses the text while trying to discuss how variously Crusoe’s “strange surprising” adventures on a desolate island have been interpreted by critics. It also seeks to answer several critical problems from the point of view of examination for students in our Universities. Shakti Batra has been Vice-Principal, Dyal Singh College (University of Delhi). He has also taught at the Kabul University and the International university of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek as well as students from the Tibetan Public Service Commission, Dharamsala, and Kiyushu University, Japan.

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