A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal
A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal

Author: Daniel Defoe

Publisher: The Floating Press

Published: 2015-05-01

Total Pages: 21

ISBN-13: 1776587332

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English writer Daniel Defoe was an important early figure in the development of the novel, and his works Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders are key examples of his influence. This short piece, originally published as an anonymous pamphlet, recounts a reportedly true encounter with the spirit realm.

Visions of an Unseen World
Visions of an Unseen World

Author: Sasha Handley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-09-30

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 1317315251

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A study of the production, circulation and consumption of English ghost stories during the Age of Reason. This work examines a variety of mediums: ballads and chapbooks, newspapers, sermons, medical treatises and scientific journals, novels and plays. It relates the telling of ghost stories to changes associated with the Enlightenment.

A Defoe Companion
A Defoe Companion

Author: J. Hammond

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1993-07-21

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 0230374700

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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.

Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe

Author: Pat Rogers

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-18

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1134546580

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The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The carefully selected sources range from landmark essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and little published documentary material such as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation. Each volume contains an introduction to the writer's published works, a selected bibliography, and an index of works, authors and subjects. The Collected Critical Heritage set will be available as a set of 68 volumes and the series will also be available in mini sets selected by period (in slipcase boxes) and as individual volumes.