Obraz wyspy Crusoe: Defoe, Rousseau, Stothard

• Authors: Jakub Lipski

Title variants

EN

Picturing Crusoe’s Island: Defoe, Rousseau, Stothard

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

W niniejszym tekście analizie poddane są wybrane ilustracje Thomasa Stotharda przedstawiające wydarzenia z powieści Robinson Crusoe Daniela Defoe. Wyeksponowanie tła naturalnego, wyraźnie widoczne w omawianych ilustracjach, odczytywane jest w kontekście sentymentalnych interpretacji powieści Defoe, które – inaczej niż tekst oryginalny, którego autor wydaje się być nieczuły na piękno natury – zdecydowanie pozytywnie wartościowały samotne życie w harmonii z naturą. Ten aspekt ilustracji Stotharda interpretowany jest w kontekście myśli J. J. Rousseau, a w szczególności tego, jak francuski filozof odczytywał powieść Defoe.

EN

This article analyses Thomas Stothard’s illustrations of Robinson Crusoe arguing that the heightened interest in and appreciation of nature in Stothard’s set should be seen in the context of sentimental readings of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, which, unlike the original, recognised the benefits to a solitary life in natural surroundings. The article traces some fundamental steps in this change of paradigm, first by showing Defoe’s reticence about natural beauties, and then by juxtaposing Stothard’s contribution with how J. J. Rousseau read and interpreted Robinson Crusoe.

Keywords

PL

Daniel Defoe; J. J. Rousseau; Thomas Stothard; Robinson Crusoe; sztuka opisu; ilustracja książkowa; natura

EN

Daniel Defoe; J. J. Rousseau; Thomas Stothard; Robinson Crusoe; art of description; book illustration; nature; Daniel Defoe; J. J. Rousseau; Thomas Stothard; Robinson Crusoe; art of description; book illustration; nature

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Porównania
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 85-99

Dates

published

2019-12-15

Contributors

author

Jakub Lipski

• Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego w Bydgoszczy

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/por.2019.2.5