Daniel Defoe in Context
Daniel Defoe in Context

Author: Albert J. Rivero

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2023-05-11

Total Pages: 723

ISBN-13: 1108871925

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Innovative in its structure and approach, Daniel Defoe in Context contains 42 essays by leading scholars illuminating the life, times, and world of Daniel Defoe. Defoe is one of the most important literary figures in English history, thanks not only to his pioneering novels Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders, but also to his notable works in journalism, travel writing, conduct literature, and verse, both satiric and serious. Written with general readers and students in mind, the essays in this volume provide up-to-date knowledge about eighteenth-century literature, culture, and history in a high quality, clearly written, but completely accessible form. Together they demonstrate the ways not only in which Defoe's world shaped his writing, but also in which Defoe's writings profoundly affected his world, and therefore our world.

Jonathan Swift and Philosophy
Jonathan Swift and Philosophy

Author: Janelle Pötzsch

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2016-12-07

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1498521541

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Jonathan Swift and Philosophy is the first book to analyse and interpret Swift’s writing from a philosophical angle. By placing key texts of Swift in their philosophical and cultural contexts and providing background to their history of ideas, it demonstrates how well informed Swift’s criticism of the politics, philosophy, and science of his age actually was. Moreover, it also sets straight preconceptions about Swift as ignorant about the scientific developments of his time. The authors offer insights into, and interpretations of, Swift’s political philosophy, ethics, and his philosophy of science and demonstrate how versatile a writer and thinker Swift actually was. This book will be of interest to scholars of philosophy, history of ideas, and 18th century literature and culture.

Benjamin Franklin's Science
Benjamin Franklin's Science

Author: I. Bernard Cohen

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780674066595

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Examines the scientific work of Benjamin Franklin in fields ranging from heat to astronomy ; provides accounts of the theoretical backgroung of his science, the experiments he performed, and their influence throughout Europe and the U.S.

The Novels of Daniel Defoe, Part I Vol 4
The Novels of Daniel Defoe, Part I Vol 4

Author: W R Owens

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-29

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 1351220640

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Daniel Defoe is known as the father of the English novel. This is the modern critical edition of Defoe's novels. It brings together all three parts of "Robinson Crusoe" and examines their relationship. The editorial material includes an introduction to each novel, explanatory endnotes, textual notes, and a consolidated index in volume 10.