Daniel Defoe in Context

Daniel Defoe in Context - Literature in Context

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Innovative in its structure and approach, Daniel Defoe in Context contains 42 essays by leading scholars illuminating the life, times, and world of Daniel Defoe. Defoe is one of the most important literary figures in English history, thanks not only to his pioneering novels Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders, but also to his notable works in journalism, travel writing, conduct literature, and verse, both satiric and serious. Written with general readers and students in mind, the essays in this volume provide up-to-date knowledge about eighteenth-century literature, culture, and history in a high quality, clearly written, but completely accessible form. Together they demonstrate the ways not only in which Defoe's world shaped his writing, but also in which Defoe's writings profoundly affected his world, and therefore our world.

Book information

ISBN: 9781108836715
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 823.5
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 380 .
Weight: 780g
Height: 235mm
Width: 158mm
Spine width: 29mm