"I mark'd out a Semi-Circle for my Encampment" : l'empreinte de Robinson Crusoe sur l'île revisitée

This article studies the interaction between Robinson Crusoe and the island to see how nature—the earth, trees and animals—responds to the more or less violent traces left by man in Daniel Defoe's novel (1719), from a footprint in the sand to stakes driven into the soil and trees cut for constr...

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Main Author: Emmanuelle Peraldo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires du Midi 2019-06-01
Series:Caliban: French Journal of English Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/caliban/6393
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description This article studies the interaction between Robinson Crusoe and the island to see how nature—the earth, trees and animals—responds to the more or less violent traces left by man in Daniel Defoe's novel (1719), from a footprint in the sand to stakes driven into the soil and trees cut for construction, and how Robinson (re-)writes the History of British imperialism and colonization through the way he occupies, transforms and reorients the environment and space of the island in order to maximize the exploitation of the resources of the island, as a mercantile capitalist at the beginning of the eighteenth century should do.
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"I mark'd out a Semi-Circle for my Encampment" : l'empreinte de Robinson Crusoe sur l'île revisitée
Caliban: French Journal of English Studies
île
écologie
nature
environment
Defoe
Robinson Crusoe
title "I mark'd out a Semi-Circle for my Encampment" : l'empreinte de Robinson Crusoe sur l'île revisitée
title_full "I mark'd out a Semi-Circle for my Encampment" : l'empreinte de Robinson Crusoe sur l'île revisitée
title_fullStr "I mark'd out a Semi-Circle for my Encampment" : l'empreinte de Robinson Crusoe sur l'île revisitée
title_full_unstemmed "I mark'd out a Semi-Circle for my Encampment" : l'empreinte de Robinson Crusoe sur l'île revisitée
title_short "I mark'd out a Semi-Circle for my Encampment" : l'empreinte de Robinson Crusoe sur l'île revisitée
title_sort i mark d out a semi circle for my encampment l empreinte de robinson crusoe sur l ile revisitee
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environment
Defoe
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