Daniel Defoe (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Paula R. Backscheider
- First Published: 1989
- Type of Work: Biography
- Time of Work: 1660-1731
- Setting: Great Britain
- Principal Characters: Daniel Defoe, James Foe, Mary Tuffley Defoe, Samuel Annesley, Robert Harley, Richard Steele, Jonathan Swift
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Journalism or journalists, Prisoners, Authors or writers, Espionage or spies, Reporting or reporters, Great Britain, Protestantism or Protestant churches
- Locales: Great Britain
In her preface, Paula Backscheider states the aims of her study: “I have tried to recreate the way the world felt to Defoe, to capture him in the act of living and writing, and to let him- and his contemporaries-speak for themselves whenever possible.” As familiar with Defoe as anyone-she published an earlier book on Defoe, Daniel Defoe: Ambition and Innovation, in 1986 and has read virtually everything Defoe wrote-Backscheider admirably accomplishes these goals.
Writing a biography of Defoe is no easy task. Indeed, Peter Earle, author of The World of Defoe...
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