Selected Writings of Daniel Defoe - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521207134 ISBN 13 : 9780521207133

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1975

Synopsis

A insightful selection of Daniel Defoe's voluminous writings, which have often been neglected in favour of his more famous novels.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Paradoxically, Daniel Defoe is diminished by his popularity as the author of a handful of important novels, since the remainder of his voluminous writings suffer undue neglect. Fully to understand him he should be taken whole but his authorship of over 500 publications renders this feat well nigh impossible. The purpose of this selection, then, is to enable the reader to make or renew the acquaintance of Defoe on some of his favourite topics such as trade and politics, manners and morality, in poetry as well as prose, and in works like A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs Veal and Memoirs of a Cavalier, which are characteristic blends of fact and fiction. Equipped with the insights possible from this sample, the reader - it is hoped - will return to the major novels with a keener appreciation of their distinctive quality and a livelier sense of their author.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1975
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521207134
• ISBN 13: 9780521207133
• Reliure: Relié
• Éditeur: Boulton James T.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Avery; https://www.avery.fr/; ; chemin des peupliers 27; Dardilly; France