The Life and Time of Daniel De Foe with Remarks Digressive and Discursive.

[De Foe, Daniel] Chadwick, William.

Published by New York, Burt Franklin., 1968

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14.5 x 22cm. Frontispiece, (8), 464 pages. Original hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition, as new other than some very mild spotting to top edges. [Burt Franklin: Research and Source Works Series 328, Essays in Literature and Criticism, 19]. William Chadwick's biography of Daniel De Foe was first published by John Russell Smith Publishers in London in 1859. This 1968 re-issue was published as part of Burt Franklin's Research and Source Works Series. Chadwick examines De Foe's life, work and political activities and gives a detailed account of the social, cultural and political contexts of the period. Contents include for example: De Foe's Speculum Crape-Gownorum / The Monmouth Invasion / Reign of Williiam III / De Foe in Newgate / De Foe's Earlier Political Pamphlets / War of the Succession / De Foe on the Original Power of the People / De Foe's Shortest Way with Dissenters / Trial of William Colepeper / Hostility to De Foe / The Church of England in the Colonies / De Foe's "Consolidator" / Case of Abraham Gill / Employment by Harley / De Foe's Jure Divino / De Foe in Edinburgh / Jonathan Swift and the Government Pamphleteers / De Foe's Defence of his Principles in the Review / De Foe's Family Instructor / Robinson Crusoe Sprache: english.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Life and Time of Daniel De Foe with Remarks Digressive and Discursive.
• Publisher: New York, Burt Franklin.
• Publication Date: 1968
• Binding: Hardcover
• Weight: 1200000 grams
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