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This volume surveys the wide range of Defoe’s fiction and non-fiction, and assesses his importance as writer and thinker. The man who was once pilloried for his writings emerges now as a key figure in the literature and culture of the early eighteenth century.
The Cambridge Companion to Daniel Defoe
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264 pages
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15 January 2009
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Summary
Daniel Defoe had an eventful and adventurous life as a merchant, politician, spy and literary hack. He is one of the eighteenth century’s most lively, innovative and important authors, famous not only for his novels, including Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders, and Roxana, but for his extensive work in journalism, political polemic and conduct guides, and for his pioneering ‘Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain’. This volume surveys the wide range of Defoe’s fiction and non-fiction, an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780521675055 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0521675057 |
| Author: | John Richetti |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 264 |
| Release Date: | 15 January 2009 |
| Weight: | 430g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 151mm x 14mm |
| Series: | Cambridge Companions to Literature |
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John Richetti
John Richetti is A. M. Rosenthal Professor (Emeritus) of English at the University of Pennsylvania.
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