The Life of Daniel Defoe - Richetti, John
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The Life of Daniel Defoe examines the entire range of Defoe's writing in the context of what is known about his life and opinions. The book provides a commentary on most of his voluminous political, religious, moral, and economic journalism, as well as on all of his narrative fictions. All these works are situated in the precise historical circumstances of the eighteenth century in which Defoe was an important and active participant. The biography focuses on Defoe's life and mind as it appears in his writing, and emphasises his distinctive style and rhetoric.

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Produktbeschreibung
The Life of Daniel Defoe examines the entire range of Defoe's writing in the context of what is known about his life and opinions. The book provides a commentary on most of his voluminous political, religious, moral, and economic journalism, as well as on all of his narrative fictions. All these works are situated in the precise historical circumstances of the eighteenth century in which Defoe was an important and active participant. The biography focuses on Defoe's life and mind as it appears in his writing, and emphasises his distinctive style and rhetoric.
Autorenporträt
John Richetti is A.M. Rosenthal Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania. He has written extensively on the eighteenth-century English novel and eighteenth-century philosophical prose, including The English Novel in History: 1700-1780 (1999), Philosophical Writing: Locke, Berkeley, Hume (1983), and Defoe's Narratives (1975). He has edited Robinson Crusoe, among other titles.
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"Richetti reminds us why so many of Defoe's works arestill worth reading ... [The Life of Daniel Defoe] is awelcome addition to the family of biographies trying to renderthree-dimensional the man behind so many voices."
Studies In English Literature 1500-1900

"Richetti does a remarkable job."
18th-Century Studies

"Richetti's contributions to the study of 18th century fictionhave established him among the foremost critics...he has beenbrilliant in his treatment of Defoe."
1650-1850 Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early ModernEra

"Richetti conscientiously explains the political controversiesthat possessed Defoe ... When he reaches his chapters onDefoe's novels you get the eloquent condensation of hisexpertise."
London Review of Books

"[Richetti] brings us closer than any previous biographerto the personality that 'must have been lurking somewherebehind the various voices that he projected' over forty yearsof writing. This is an urbane, well informed, and interestingaccount, not only of Defoe but of the entire Defoeenterprise." Scriblerian

"Richetti conscientiously explains the political controversiesthat possessed Defoe ... When he reaches his chapters onDefoe's novels you get the eloquent condensation of hisexpertise."--London Review of Books

"Richetti reminds us why so many of Defoe's worksare still worth reading ... [The Life of Daniel Defoe]is a welcome addition to the family of biographies trying to renderthree-dimensional the man behind so manyvoices."--Studies In English Literature1500-1900"Richetti does a remarkable job."--18th-CenturyStudies

"Richetti's contributions to the study of 18th century fictionhave established him among the foremost critics...he has beenbrilliant in his treatment of Defoe."--1650-1850 Ideas,Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era"Richetti] brings us closer than any previous biographerto the personality that 'must have been lurking somewherebehind the various voices that he projected' over forty yearsof writing. This is an urbane, well informed, and interestingaccount, not only of Defoe but of the entire Defoeenterprise."--Scriblerian…mehr