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Daniel Defoe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Minto, William.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.
- Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731--Interpretations and criticisms.
- Local Subjects:
- Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.
- Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731--Interpretations and criticisms.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (231 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Auckland : The Floating Press, 1901.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-77651-058-5
- OCLC:
- 609860506
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