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Moll Flanders : authoritative text, backgrounds and contexts, criticism / Daniel Defoe ; edited by Albert J. Rivero.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731, author.
- Series:
- Norton critical edition
- A Norton critical edition
- Standardized Title:
- Fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders.
- Defoe, Daniel.
- Children of prisoners--Fiction.
- Children of prisoners.
- British--Virginia--Fiction.
- British.
- Women--England--Fiction.
- Women.
- Prostitutes--Fiction.
- Prostitutes.
- Repentance--Fiction.
- Repentance.
- Criminals--Fiction.
- Criminals.
- Virginia--Fiction.
- Virginia.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 495 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton, [2025]
- Summary:
- This Norton Critical Edition is based on the first edition of 1722. It includes Albert J. Rivero's revised preface, annotations, and essay on the novel's textual history, as well as a selection of contextual materials, including documents on convict transportation and colonial laws, contemporary accounts of criminals, and a brand-new selection of Defoe's own writings on similar issues. There are nine critical interpretations, five of which are new to the second edition, analyzing important themes, such as economic necessity and gender relations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0393888975
- 9780393888973
- OCLC:
- 1457622653
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