| A Defoe Companion 1993 Edition Contributor(s): Hammond, J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349389242 ISBN-13: 9781349389247 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: 823 |
| Series: MacMillan Literary Companions S |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 6" W x 9" (0.51 lbs) 151 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Defoe occupies a central place in the history of English literature. As the author of Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders he can claim to be the creator of the first novels in English, and he was one of the earliest practitioners of the 'desert island' myth which has had such an influence on the human imagination. In A Journal of the Plague Year and A Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain he forged a distinctive documentary style which deeply influenced later writers. |