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The Life of Daniel Defoe: A Critical Biography
John Richetti
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Description for The Life of Daniel Defoe: A Critical Biography
Hardback. The Life of Daniel Defoe examines the entire range of Defoe's writing in the context of what is known about his life and opinions. * A critical study of the writing of Daniel Defoe. * Features extended and detailed commentaries on Defoe's political and religious journalism, as well as on his narrative fictions. Series: Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 424 pages, 5. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 752.
The Life of Daniel Defoe examines the entire range of Defoe’s writing in the context of what is known about his life and opinions.
- Features extended and detailed commentaries on Defoe’s political, religious, moral, and economic journalism, as well as on all of his narrative fictions, including Robinson Crusoe
- Places emphasis on Defoe’s distinctive style and rhetoric
- Situates his work within the precise historical circumstances of the eighteenth-century in which Defoe was an important and active participant
- Now available in paperback
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Critical Biographies
Number of Pages
420
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9780631195290
SKU
V9780631195290
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About John Richetti
John Richetti is A.M. Rosenthal Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania. He has written extensively on the eighteenth-century English novel and eighteenth-century philosophical prose, including The English Novel in History: 1700–1780 (1999), Philosophical Writing: Locke, Berkeley, Hume (1983), and Defoe’s Narratives (1975). He has edited Robinson Crusoe, among other titles.
Reviews for The Life of Daniel Defoe: A Critical Biography
“Richetti reminds us why so many of Defoe’s works are still worth reading … [The Life of Daniel Defoe] is a welcome addition to the family of biographies trying to render three-dimensional the man behind so many voices.” Studies In English Literature 1500-1900 "Richetti does a remarkable job." 18th-Century Studies ... Read more