Daniel Defoe.
Title:
Daniel Defoe.
Author:
Minto, William.
ISBN:
9781776510580
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (231 pages)
Contents:
Title -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter I - Defoe's Youth and Early Pursuits -- Chapter II - King William's Adjutant -- Chapter III - A Martyr to Dissent? -- Chapter IV - The Review of the Affairs of France -- Chapter V - The Advocate of Peace and Union -- Chapter VI - Dr. Sacheverell, and the Change of Government -- Chapter VII - Difficulties in Re- Changing Sides -- Chapter VIII - Later Journalistic Labours -- Chapter IX - The Place of Defoe's Fictions in His Life -- Chapter X - His Mysterious End -- Endnotes.
Abstract:
Learn more about the life and works of the brilliant eighteenth-century spy, novelist, and rabble-rouser Daniel Defoe in this penetrating biography penned by William Minto. Minto, a Scottish professor of logic, offers a keenly insightful take on the influences and events that shaped Defoe's contributions to journalism and literature, which included such works as Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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