Daniel Defoe

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The Political Works of Daniel Defoe (eBook, ePUB)

Including The True-Born Englishman, An Essay upon Projects, The Complete English Tradesman & The Biography of the Author

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This carefully crafted ebook: "The Political Works of Daniel Defoe" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: The True-Born Englishman An Essay upon Projects The Complete English Tradesman Everybody's Business Is Nobody's Business Second Thoughts are Best The Shortest Way with the Dissenters And What if the Pretender Should Come? An Answer to a Question that Nobody Thinks of A Humble Proposal to the People of England Reasons against the Succession of the House of Hanover A Seasonable Warning and Caution against the Insinuations of Papists and Jacobites in Favour of the Pretender The creator of Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe was quite politically active and that activism even resulted with his arrest, placement in a pillory and imprisoning. His most successful poem, The True-Born Englishman is a political satire that defends the king against the perceived xenophobia of his enemies, satirizing the English claim to racial purity. Defoe's notable publication, An Essay upon Projects, is a series of proposals for social and economic improvement. The Complete English Tradesman is an example of Defoe's political works. He discusses the role of the tradesman in England in comparison to tradesmen internationally, arguing that the British system of trade is far superior. The work that finally got him arrested was a pamphlet The Shortest-Way with the Dissenters, which ruthlessly satirized the High church Tories and the Dissenters. Besides these, Defoe published a great number of political essays, pamphlets and tracts. Daniel Defoe (1660 - 1731), was an English writer, journalist, and spy, most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is noted for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel, and he is considered one of the founders of the English novel.

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Daniel Defoe (c. 1660 - 24 April 1731) was an English writer, journalist, and spy, now most famous for his novel 'Robinson Crusoe.' Defoe is notable for being one of the earlier practitioners of the novel, and he helped popularize the genre in Britain. In his time, he was also a prolific political pamphleteer, which is evidenced by 'The Political Works of Daniel Defoe'. Born Daniel Foe, he later added the aristocratic-sounding 'De' to his last name, crafting an identity that would resonate with the gentrified reading audiences of his time. His work is marked by its detailed depiction of physical settings and its journalistic detail; his fiction reads as if it were factual, which can be partly attributed to his background in journalism and his keen observation of contemporary practices and the social order. Beyond 'Robinson Crusoe', Defoe penned several influential works including 'Moll Flanders', 'A Journal of the Plague Year', and 'Roxana'. Defoe's writing style is vivid, with an uncompromising realism that was uncommon in narratives of the 18th century, which often veered into didactic and heavily moralistic territory. His works explore themes of survival, economic individualism, social mobility, and the human struggle against adversity-which have earned him a lasting place in the canon of English literature.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: e-artnow
• Seitenzahl: 702
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9788026867500
• Artikelnr.: 45535712