Defoe's Britain

by Jeremy Black

Book Overview

The Weight of Words Series continues with Daniel Defoe, as historian Jeremy Black uses this writer to interpret Britain in the late 1600s, and likewise looks to the times to interpret the fiction. As seen in previous studies on Christie, Smollett, Fielding, and the Gothic novelists, Black tells the story of the story-teller, and presents the picture of British nationalism that "was the product, history, and record of struggle--collective and individual--as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1587312050
• ISBN13: 9781587312052
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: St. Augustine's Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"