Daniel Defoe - Brossura

Minto, William

 
9781108034715: Daniel Defoe

Sinossi

Published in 1879, this biography upholds the image of Defoe as a colourful, outspoken and influential polemicist.

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Descrizione del libro

Published in 1879, Minto's biography of Defoe (c. 1659–1731) represents an achievement in literary scholarship as well as a portrait of a colourful polemicist. Spanning Defoe's life from the passions of his youth to his 'later journalistic labours', this account upholds his image as an outspoken and influential writer.

Contenuti

Preface; 1. Defoe's youth and early pursuits; 2. King William's adjutant; 3. A martyr to dissent?; 4. The review of the affairs of France; 5. The advocate of peace and union; 6. Dr. Sacheverell, and the change of government; 7. Difficulties in re-changing sides; 8. Later journalistic labours; 9. The place of Defoe's fictions in his life; 10. His mysterious end.

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