The life of Daniel Defoe : a critical biography / / John Richetti

• Autore: Richetti John J.
• Pubblicazione: Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015; ©2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (419 p.)
• Disciplina: 823.5; 823.5B; 823/.5 B
• Soggetto topico: Authors, English - 18th century; Journalists - Great Britain
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Life of Daniel Defoe: A Critical Biography; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Dissenter, Merchant, Speculator, Writer; 2 Early Writings 1697-1703: Projects, Dissent, Poems; 3 Political Journalism: 1697-1710; 4 Political Agent and Journalist:Queen Anne to the Hanoverians; 5 Moral, Social, and Economic Writings 1714-31; 6 Robinson Crusoe; 7 Travel, Politics, and Adventure; 8 Crime and Narrative; 9 Roxana: A Novel of Crime and Punishment; 10 History, Facts, and Literature; 11 Political Journalist and Moral Censor: 1715-31; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. Places emphasis on Defoe's distinctive style and rhetoric.
• Titolo autorizzato: The life of Daniel Defoe
• ISBN: 1-119-11800-X; 1-280-23742-2; 9786610237425; 0-470-70030-0; 0-470-75466-4; 1-4051-5034-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910830396903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Blackwell critical biographies.