Daniel Defoe

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.

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

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

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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