This volume examines the myths of Faust, Don Quixote, Don Juan and Robinson Crusoe, as the distinctive products of modern society. It shows how the figures help... » 

This volume examines the myths of Faust, Don Quixote, Don Juan and Robinson Crusoe, as the distinctive products of modern society. It shows how the figures help to reveal problems of individualism in the modern period: solitude, narcissism, and the claims of the self versus the claims of society. «