Daniel Defoe: The Whole Frame of Nature, Time and Providence

en Limba Engleză Hardback – 10 aug 2007

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of Defoe's oeuvre from the perspective of the historian. Clark presents Defoe by recovering the theological basis of his intellectual commitments, establishing him as a crucial figure in the evolution of theories about war and property, conquest and commerce, religious toleration and civil society.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780333971369
ISBN-10: 0333971361
Pagini: 269
Ilustrații: XI, 269 p.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Ediția:2007
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Acknowledgements Introduction Establishing A Voice: Defoe's First Steps from Failed Tradesman to Successful Author 'The Mushroom and the Oak': Dissent and the Church of England, 1697-1705 Jure Divino : Defoe, Locke and Milton, and Political Theory Defoe and the Union of 1707: Constructing a British Identity Correspondence, Credit and Commerce: Defoe and the Stability of Meaning, 1709-13 Robinson Crusoe: Orthodox Penitent The Perils of Consumption and the Decline of Family Government Defoe's Historical Vision: Commerce and Gentility in the 1720s The Devil and Daniel Defoe: History in a Heterodox Age Conclusion Select Bibliography Index

Recenzii

'This is an important addition to the historically sophisticated literature on Daniel Defoe.' - History of Political Thought

Notă biografică

KATHERINE CLARK is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Kansas, USA

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