Daniel Defoe: His Life - Softcover

Backscheider, Paula R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801845122 ISBN 13: 9780801845123

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992

Synopsis

Throughout one of English history's most tumultuous periods, Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) took part in and reported on nearly every major political, religious, and social controversy. This widely acclaimed biography offers a fascinating account of Defoe's remarkable life. Paula Backscheider reveals new information about Defoe's secret career as a double agent, his daring business ventures, his dangerous pen―and his cat-and-mouse games with those who sought to control it. This is the definitive biography of one of eighteenth-century England's most influential figures―and one of the most prolific and widely read authors of all time

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Paula Backscheider's widely acclaimed biography offers a fascinating account of this remarkable life. She reveals new information about Defoe's secret career as a double agent, his daring business ventures, his dangerous pen--and his cat and mouse games with those who sought to control it. This is the definitive biography of one of eighteenth-century England's most influential figures--and one of the most prolific and widely read authors of all time.

About the Author:

Paula Backscheider is the Philpott-Stevens Eminent Scholar in the Department of English at Auburn University. She is the author of several books, including Revising Women: Eighteenth-Century "Women's Fiction" and Social Engagement and Eighteenth-Century Women Poets and Their Poetry, both published by Johns Hopkins.

About this edition

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0801845122
• ISBN 13: 9780801845123
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 688