This collection of essays expands the study of that immensely widely
read and much-adapted novel, beyond the first book - The Life and
Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (usually known simply
as Robinson Crusoe) - to take in the far less well-known Farther
Adventures and the almost unread Serious Reflections, beyond Defoe's
texts, to their re-writing and adaptation and beyond the Atlantic and
South American context to an Asian and Pacific context. The essays
consider both how Asia is represented in the books (in terms of
politics, economics, religion), and how the book has been received,
adapted, and taught, particularly in Asian contexts.