Daniel Defoe, Contrarian

by Memorial University of Newfoundland and Robert James Merrett

A highly conscious wordsmith, Daniel Defoe used expository styles in his fiction and non-fiction that reflected his ability to perceive material and intellectual phenomena from opposing, but not contradictory perspectives. Moreover, the boundaries of genre within his wide-ranging oeuvre can prove highly fluid. In this study, Robert James Merrett approaches Defoe's body of work using interdisciplinary methods that recognize dialectic in his verbal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442646101
• ISBN13: 9781442646100
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher