{"product_id":"the-life-of-daniel-defoe-isbn-9780631195290","title":"The Life of Daniel Defoe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Life of Daniel Defoe\u003c\/i\u003e examines the entire range of Defoe’s writing in the context of what is known about his life and opinions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures extended and detailed commentaries on Defoe’s political, religious, moral, and economic journalism, as well as on all of his narrative fictions, including \u003ci\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePlaces emphasis on Defoe’s distinctive style and rhetoric\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSituates his work within the precise historical circumstances of the eighteenth-century in which Defoe was an important and active participant\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNow available in paperback\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e Preface vi \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Dissenter, Merchant, Speculator,Writer 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Early Writings 1697–1703: Projects, Dissent, Poems 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Political Journalism: 1697–1710 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Political Agent and Journalist: Queen Anne to the Hanoverians 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Moral, Social, and Economic Writings 1714–31 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Robinson Crusoe 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Travel, Politics, and Adventure 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Crime and Narrative 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Roxana: A Novel of Crime and Punishment 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 History, Facts, and Literature 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Political Journalist and Moral Censor: 1715–31 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 362\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 390\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 395\u003c\/p\u003e  “Richetti reminds us why so many of Defoe’s works are still worth reading … [\u003ci\u003eThe Life of Daniel Defoe\u003c\/i\u003e] is a welcome addition to the family of biographies trying to render three-dimensional the man behind so many voices.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStudies In English Literature 1500-1900 \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Richetti does a remarkable job.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e18th-Century Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Richetti's contributions to the study of 18th century fiction have established him among the foremost critics…he has been brilliant in his treatment of Defoe.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e1650-1850 Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Richetti conscientiously explains the political controversies that possessed Defoe … When he reaches his chapters on Defoe’s novels you get the eloquent condensation of his expertise.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“[Richetti] brings us closer than any previous biographer to the personality that ‘must have been lurking somewhere behind the various voices that he projected’ over forty years of writing. This is an urbane, well informed, and interesting account, not only of Defoe but of the entire Defoe enterprise.” \u003ci\u003eScriblerian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn Richetti\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe English Novel in History: 1700–1780\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Writing: Locke, Berkeley, Hume (1983), \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDefoe’s Narratives\u003c\/i\u003e (1975). He has edited \u003ci\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/i\u003e, among other titles. \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Daniel Defoe\u003c\/i\u003e examines the entire range of Defoe’s writing in the context of what is known about his life and opinions. The book provides a commentary on most of his voluminous political, religious, moral, and economic journalism, as well as on all of his narrative fictions. All these works are situated in the precise historical circumstances of the eighteenth century in which Defoe was an important and active participant. The biography focuses on Defoe’s life and mind as it appears in his writing, and emphasises his distinctive style and rhetoric.  \u003cp\u003e\"Richetti conscientiously explains the political controversies that possessed Defoe … When he reaches his chapters on Defoe’s novels you get the eloquent condensation of his expertise.\"—\u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Richetti reminds us why so many of Defoe’s works are still worth reading … [\u003ci\u003eThe Life of Daniel Defoe\u003c\/i\u003e] is a welcome addition to the family of biographies trying to render three-dimensional the man behind so many voices.”—\u003ci\u003eStudies In English Literature 1500-1900\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Richetti does a remarkable job.\"—\u003ci\u003e18th-Century Studies\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"Richetti's contributions to the study of 18th century fiction have established him among the foremost critics…he has been brilliant in his treatment of Defoe.\"—\u003ci\u003e1650-1850 Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e“Richetti] brings us closer than any previous biographer to the personality that ‘must have been lurking somewhere behind the various voices that he projected’ over forty years of writing. This is an urbane, well informed, and interesting account, not only of Defoe but of the entire Defoe enterprise.”—\u003c\/i\u003eScriblerian","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990277734629,"sku":"NP9780631195290","price":149.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631195290.jpg?v=1761787172","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-life-of-daniel-defoe-isbn-9780631195290","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}