tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-801923704097832986.post7457515867231350668..comments2024-01-29T21:40:17.550-08:00Comments on Early American Bestsellers: The RobinsonadeThe Mormon Monkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00973424196784188481noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-801923704097832986.post-15067647477036200812011-02-03T21:14:23.546-08:002011-02-03T21:14:23.546-08:00I think getting your own word is the highest award...I think getting your own word is the highest award in literature, I'd take that over being on New York Times bestseller any day.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15722954879686071125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-801923704097832986.post-85786962975557302252011-02-03T14:10:04.017-08:002011-02-03T14:10:04.017-08:00One of the subgenres that was popular immediately ...One of the subgenres that was popular immediately afterward was the "Female Robinsonade"--a genre that placed women on desert islands and that includes _The Female American_, among others.The Mormon Monkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00973424196784188481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-801923704097832986.post-67795149129125928872011-02-03T13:44:22.472-08:002011-02-03T13:44:22.472-08:00You mentioned that Defoe wasn't the first to w...You mentioned that Defoe wasn't the first to write about being stranded on an island, what came before? or even immediately after?<br /><br />What I think is interesting to contemplate is the lone man on the island compared with a society on an island. For example, Gilligans Island isn't just one man alone, it is a community. How does living on as island alone differ from with other people?Laura Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11606517360621641218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-801923704097832986.post-32185570422605252832011-02-03T10:46:26.655-08:002011-02-03T10:46:26.655-08:00It is quite honorable to create something which be...It is quite honorable to create something which becomes so well known and popular that the english language develops a term in result of it. English, a language well known for being difficult to learn, has many 'coinages'. The verb 'coinage' is the act of inventing a word or phrase. Some examples of english coinages, other than 'robinsonade', are 'face-booking', 'texting', 'ginormouse' (The Christmas movie, Elf), and 'zubie' (early 80s term for the BYU proud- derivative of 'BYZoo').Rachel Rickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01365988891200088885noreply@blogger.com