Rick MacDonnell | Re-evaluating Robinson Crusoe | Book Review @RickMacDonnell | Uploaded April 2020 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
A book review of Robinson Crusoe 15 years after my first reading. It's a remarkable work of fiction. Don’t get me wrong. It has a fascinating structure, a brilliant premise, a surprisingly exciting third act. I really enjoyed it. But given how safe Defoe plays it, in terms of the culture and the politics of the novel, I can’t help but come away from this re-read thinking that this was the least creative direction he could have taken this story. The video explains why.

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