Selected Writings of Daniel DefoeJames T. Boulton CUP Archive, 1975 M05 8 - 286 páginas 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. |
Contenido
Introduction | 1 |
The Selections | 23 |
AN ARGUMENT SHEWING THAT A STANDING ARMY | 35 |
FROM THE TRUEBORN ENGLISHMAN | 82 |
FROM A HYMN TO THE PILLORY | 100 |
Letter to Robert Harley | 110 |
A TRUE RELATION OF THE APPARITION OF ONE | 132 |
Letters to Robert Harley | 142 |
AN APPEAL TO HONOUR AND JUSTICE | 165 |
FROM THE FAMILY INSTRUCTOR | 196 |
Letter to Charles de la Faye | 208 |
FROM THE COMPLETE ENGLISH TRADESMAN | 225 |
OF CAPTAIN | 239 |
FROM THE COMPLEAT ENGLISH GENTLEMAN | 247 |
Letter to Henry Baker | 258 |
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Términos y frases comunes
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Rhetorical Deception in the Short Fiction of Hawthorne, Poe, and Melville Terry J. Martin Vista de fragmentos - 1998 |
Recovering Benjamin Franklin: An Exploration of a Life of Science and Service James Campbell Vista previa limitada - 1999 |