Daniel Defoe: His Life

Backscheider, Paula R.

ISBN 10: 0801845122 / ISBN 13: 9780801845123

Published by Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Daniel Defoe: His Life
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801845122
• ISBN 13: 9780801845123
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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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 the Author

Paula R. Backscheider is the Philpott-Stevens Eminent Scholar in the Department of English at Auburn University. She is the author of several books, including Daniel Defoe: His Life,Spectacular Politics: Theatrical Power and Mass Culture in Early Modern England, and Reflections on Biography, and editor of Revising Women: Eighteenth-Century "Women's Fiction" and Social Engagement.