Daniel Defoe

His Life

AvPaula R. Backscheider

Häftad, Engelska, 1992

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Beskrivning

Throughout one of English history's most tumultuous periods, Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) took part in and reported on nearly every major political, religious, and social controversy. This widely acclaimed biography offers a fascinating account of Defoe's remarkable life. Paula Backscheider reveals new information about Defoe's secret career as a double agent, his daring business ventures, his dangerous pen-and his cat-and-mouse games with those who sought to control it. This is the definitive biography of one of eighteenth-century England's most influential figures-and one of the most prolific and widely read authors of all time

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1992-09-26
Mått:152 x 229 x 40 mm
Vikt:998 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:688
Förlag:Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:9780801845123

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Paula Backscheider is the Philpott-Stevens Eminent Scholar in the Department of English at Auburn University. She is the author of several books, including Revising Women: Eighteenth-Century "Women's Fiction" and Social Engagement and Eighteenth-Century Women Poets and Their Poetry, both published by Johns Hopkins.

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For the first time everything we know about Defoe is presented in a single orderly sequence..A searching study of a complex man, one that is coherent and credible for our times. New York Times Book Review A very considerable work of scholarship, and the first to give this prolific writer the extended treatment he after all deserves. Washington Post Book World Paula Backscheider spins this absorbing narrative with meticulous scholarship and lucidity. Independent on Sunday

Innehållsförteckning

List of Illustrations Preface Part I: 1660-1703Chapter 1. Fire and Plague Chapter 2.Merchant-Rebel Chapter 3. Bankrupt Chapter 4. Recovery Chapter 5. FugitiveChapter 6. Prison Part II: 1703-1714Chapter 7. Four Hundred Thousand Words Chapter 8. The Literary Effort of a LifetimeChapter 9. New Life Chapter 10. A terrible People Chapter 11. Political Maelstrom Chapter 12. The Goliath of the Party Chapter 13. A Team of Writers Part III: 1714-1731Chapter 14. Six Hundred Thousand Words Chapter 15. A Discontented People Chapter 16. A Penetrating Eye Chapter 17. The Whole World in Motion Chapter 18. Projects and Designs Chapter 19. Changes and Disasters Epilogue: Bred in the Bone Notes Bibliography Index