The Cambridge Companion to Daniel Defoe.(Brief article)(Book review)

Contemporary Review | September 22, 2009 | Copyright

The Cambridge Companion to Daniel Defoe. John Richetti, editor. Cambridge University Press. [pounds sterling]45.00 (US$90.00). xiv + 248 pages. ISBN 978-0-521-67505-5. This companion follows the usual format for this series, with an introduction from the editor and a variety of individualessays (in this case, twelve) examining various aspects of the author's life and works. To Prof. Richetti, Defoe is 'arguably the most important writer of the first thirty years of the English eighteenth century'. He was 'indefatigable and energetic', an intellectual, and an 'engaged and ...

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