Book contents
- Daniel Defoe in Context
- Daniel Defoe in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Part I Life and Works
- Part II Literary Context
- Part III Authorship and Copyright
- Part IV The Monarchy and Parliament
- Part V Social Structures and Social Life
- Part VI Critical Fortunes and Literary Afterlife
- Chapter 40 Critical Reception up to 1900
- Chapter 41 Critical Reception after 1900
- Chapter 42 Continuations and Adaptations
- Further Reading
- Index
Chapter 40 - Critical Reception up to 1900
from Part VI - Critical Fortunes and Literary Afterlife
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 April 2023
Book contents
- Daniel Defoe in Context
- Daniel Defoe in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Part I Life and Works
- Part II Literary Context
- Part III Authorship and Copyright
- Part IV The Monarchy and Parliament
- Part V Social Structures and Social Life
- Part VI Critical Fortunes and Literary Afterlife
- Chapter 40 Critical Reception up to 1900
- Chapter 41 Critical Reception after 1900
- Chapter 42 Continuations and Adaptations
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
An overview of the two major threads of pre-1900 scholarship on Defoe: biography and bibliography. Defoe never provided, publicly or privately, a reliable and comprehensive accounting of his published works. This has led to what P. N. Furbank and W. R. Owens call the ’blood-thirsty business’ of Defoe bibliography and attribution studies, which has been at the heart of Defoe studies since its very beginning.
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- Daniel Defoe in Context , pp. 347 - 354Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023