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
- Chapter 15 Defoe and Censorship
- Chapter 16 Professional Authorship
- Chapter 17 Digital Defoe
- Chapter 18 Anonymous Defoe
- Part IV The Monarchy and Parliament
- Part V Social Structures and Social Life
- Part VI Critical Fortunes and Literary Afterlife
- Further Reading
- Index
Chapter 15 - Defoe and Censorship
from Part III - Authorship and Copyright
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 April 2023
- 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
- Chapter 15 Defoe and Censorship
- Chapter 16 Professional Authorship
- Chapter 17 Digital Defoe
- Chapter 18 Anonymous Defoe
- Part IV The Monarchy and Parliament
- Part V Social Structures and Social Life
- Part VI Critical Fortunes and Literary Afterlife
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
This chapter takes some of Defoe’s satirical poems and pamphlets, including The True-Born Englishman (1701), The Shortest-Way with the Dissenters (1702), and A Hymn to the Pillory (1703), as starting points for a brief study in how Defoe’s writing and experiences reflected disputes over what today we would call matters of censorship or suppression of thought. Included here is an examination of the slippery concept of ’seditious libel’ in the period, Defoe’s sense of what ’freedom of speech’ and ’freedom of the press’ entailed or should entail, and how Defoe’s involvement in party politics and political controversy shaped his thoughts on the roles of the state and the courts in regulating political and religious expression.
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- Daniel Defoe in Context , pp. 123 - 129Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023