Daniel Defoe, master of fictions : his life and ideas, Maximillian E. Novak
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Daniel Defoe, master of fictions : his life and ideas, Maximillian E. Novak
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [707]-740) and index
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Daniel Defoe
Nature of contents
bibliography
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46693938
Responsibility statement
Maximillian E. Novak
Sub title
master of fictions : his life and ideas
Table Of Contents
Introduction -- After the Revolution -- Education of a dissenter -- Meditating on matters spiritual and secular -- Marriage and rebellion -- Financial woes and recovery -- Propagandist for William III -- True-born Englishman and other satires -- Age of plot and deceit, of contradiction and paradox -- From pilloried libeller to government propagandist -- Writing history sheet by sheet : Defoe, The review, and The storm -- From public journalist to lunar philosopher -- Defoe as spy and Whig propagandist -- True spy in Scotland -- In limbo between causes and masters -- Journalism and history in an age of mysteries and paradoxes -- How to sell out while keeping one's integrity (somewhat) intact in that lunatick age -- These dangerous times : or wild doings in this world -- Miserable divided nation -- Change of monarchs and the Whig's revenge -- Times when honest men must reserve themselves for better fortunes -- Corrector general of the press : a digression on Defoe as a journalist -- Year before Robinson Crusoe : intellectual controversies and experiments in fiction -- Robinson Crusoe and the variability of life -- After Crusoe : pirate adventures, military memoirs and the South Sea scandal -- Creating fictional worlds -- Describing Britain in the 1720s -- Enter Henry Baker -- Last productive years -- Sinking under the weight of affliction
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Daniel Defoe--master of fictions