0500022569 
Hardback Archipelago : an atlas of imagined islands / Huw Lewis-Jones ; prologue by Chris Riddell.
Publication year: 2019
Language: English
Media type Hardback
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 9780500022566 (hbk.) :
Extent: 192 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 26 cm
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Islomania is a recognized affliction. But what is it about islands that is so alluring, and why do so many people find these self-contained worlds completely irresistible? Utopia and Atlantis were islands, and islands have captured the imaginations of writers and artists for centuries. Venetian sailors were the first to make collections of them by drawing maps of those they visited in their isolari - literally the 'island books'. Then in 1719 Daniel Defoe published his tale of a castaway on a desert island, 'Robinson Crusoe,' one of the first great novels in the history of literature and an instant bestseller. Defoe's tale combined the real and the imagined and transformed them into a compelling creative landscape, establishing a whole literary genre and unleashing the power of an island for storytelling.
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