Defoe's Fiction
1st Edition
Published on 16. December 2021
212 pages
978-1-000-35766-0 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1985, Defoe's Fiction explores Defoe's work by considering it in the context of its genre.
The book highlights the difficulty of placing Defoe's fiction in the most appropriate context due to it being aimed primarily at a popular market, in contrast to the more literary productions of Pope, Swift, or Addison. It also comments on the trend of focusing on Defoe's irony or emphasising his mimetic power. In doing so, it seeks to explain, rather than judge, Defoe's achievement by looking at his whole body of work in the context of its genre.
Defoe's Fiction will appeal to those with an interest in Defoe, comparative literature, and the history of literary criticism.
The book highlights the difficulty of placing Defoe's fiction in the most appropriate context due to it being aimed primarily at a popular market, in contrast to the more literary productions of Pope, Swift, or Addison. It also comments on the trend of focusing on Defoe's irony or emphasising his mimetic power. In doing so, it seeks to explain, rather than judge, Defoe's achievement by looking at his whole body of work in the context of its genre.
Defoe's Fiction will appeal to those with an interest in Defoe, comparative literature, and the history of literary criticism.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-1-000-35766-0 (9781000357660)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Person
Ian A. Bell
Content
Introduction: Defoe?; 1: Reading Defoe; 2: Reading Popular Fiction; 3: Robinson Crusoe and Adventure; 4: Moll Flanders, Crime and Comfort; 5: Roxana, Scandal and Tragedy; Conclusion: Novels and Romances; Index
