Daniel Defoe
Published on 1. October 2009
143 pages
978-1-77651-058-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Content
- Intro
- 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
