The shortest way with Defoe : Robinson Crusoe, deism, and the novel /
A scholarly and imaginative reconstruction of the voyage Daniel Defoe took from the pillory to literary immortality, The Shortest Way with Defoe contends that Robinson Crusoe contains a secret satire, written against one person, that has gone undetected for 300 years. By locating Defoe's nemesi...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
[2020]
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Lessons of the pillory: The shortest way with the dissenters (1702)
- Defoe's lunar voyager: The consolidator (1705)
- Cosmopolitan Defoe: A continuation of letters written by a Turkish spy at Paris (1718)
- Defoe's deist masterpiece: Robinson Crusoe, the trilogy
- Conclusion: Defoe, deism, and the novel.
