A History of Eighteenth-Century British Literature is a lively exploration of one of the most diverse and innovative periods in literary history.

The Life of Daniel Defoe examines the entire range of Defoe's writing in the context of what is known about his life and opinions.

• Features extended and detailed commentaries on Defoe's political, religious, moral, and economic journalism, as well as on all of his narrative fictions, including Robinson Crusoe
• Places emphasis on Defoe's distinctive style and rhetoric
• Situates his work within the precise historical circumstances of the eighteenth-century in which Defoe was an important and active participant
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Explores a major eighteenth-century narrative and the power of the Crusoe figure beyond the pages of the original book.