{"product_id":"selected-writings-of-daniel-defoe-paperback-9780521099318","title":"Selected Writings of Daniel Defoe (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521099318","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSelected Writings of Daniel Defoe\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA insightful selection of Daniel Defoe's voluminous writings, which have often been neglected in favour of his more famous novels.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames T. Boulton (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521099318, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 May 1975\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e300 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.7 cm, 0.38 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eParadoxically, Daniel Defoe is diminished by his popularity as the author of a handful of important novels, since the remainder of his voluminous writings suffer undue neglect. Fully to understand him he should be taken whole but his authorship of over 500 publications renders this feat well nigh impossible. The purpose of this selection, then, is to enable the reader to make or renew the acquaintance of Defoe on some of his favourite topics such as trade and politics, manners and morality, in poetry as well as prose, and in works like A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs Veal and Memoirs of a Cavalier, which are characteristic blends of fact and fiction. Equipped with the insights possible from this sample, the reader - it is hoped - will return to the major novels with a keener appreciation of their distinctive quality and a livelier sense of their author.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgment\u003cbr\u003e Note on the text\u003cbr\u003e Defoe's life: a chronological survey\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e The Selections: from An Essay Upon Projects\u003cbr\u003e An Argument Shewing, That a Standing Army...\u003cbr\u003e From The True-Born Englishman\u003cbr\u003e From Legion's Memorial\u003cbr\u003e The Shortest-Way with the Dissenters\u003cbr\u003e From A Hymn to the Pillory\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Robert Harley\u003cbr\u003e From A Review\u003cbr\u003e A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs Veal\u003cbr\u003e Letters to Robert Harley\u003cbr\u003e And What if the Pretender Should Come?\u003cbr\u003e An Appeal to Honour and Justice\u003cbr\u003e From The Family Instructor\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Charles de la Faye\u003cbr\u003e From Memoirs of a Cavalier\u003cbr\u003e From The Complete English Tradesman\u003cbr\u003e From The History of the Pyrates: of Captain Bellamy\u003cbr\u003e From The Compleat English Gentleman\u003cbr\u003e Letter to Henry Baker\u003cbr\u003e Notes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003650363672,"sku":"9780521099318","price":28.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521099318i_faac9ee9-3efe-48d4-bb6f-60654525fa47.jpg?v=1694970672","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/selected-writings-of-daniel-defoe-paperback-9780521099318","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}