Daniel Defoe : his life
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Daniel Defoe : his life
（Johns Hopkins paperbacks）
Johns Hopkins University Press, c1989
- : pbk : alk. paper
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Bibliography: p. 617-654
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Throughout one of English history's most tumultuous periods, Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) took part in and reported on nearly every major political, religious, and social controversy. This widely acclaimed biography offers a fascinating account of Defoe's remarkable life. Paula Backscheider reveals new information about Defoe's secret career as a double agent, his daring business ventures, his dangerous pen-and his cat-and-mouse games with those who sought to control it. This is the definitive biography of one of eighteenth-century England's most influential figures-and one of the most prolific and widely read authors of all time
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Part I: 1660-1703
Chapter 1. Fire and Plague
Chapter 2.Merchant-Rebel
Chapter 3. Bankrupt
Chapter 4. Recovery
Chapter 5. Fugitive
Chapter 6. Prison
Part II: 1703-1714
Chapter 7. Four Hundred Thousand Words
Chapter 8. The Literary Effort of a Lifetime
Chapter 9. New Life
Chapter 10. A terrible People
Chapter 11. Political Maelstrom
Chapter 12. The Goliath of the Party
Chapter 13. A Team of Writers
Part III: 1714-1731
Chapter 14. Six Hundred Thousand Words
Chapter 15. A Discontented People
Chapter 16. A Penetrating Eye
Chapter 17. The Whole World in Motion
Chapter 18. Projects and Designs
Chapter 19. Changes and Disasters
Epilogue: Bred in the Bone
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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