The Life of Daniel Defoe

John Richetti is A.M. Rosenthal Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania. He has written extensively on the eighteenth-century English novel and eighteenth-century philosophical prose, including The English Novel in History: 1700-1780 (1999), Philosophical Writing: Locke, Berkeley, Hume (1983), and Defoe's Narratives (1975). He has edited Robinson Crusoe, among other titles.

Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Dissenter, Merchant, Speculator, Writer. 2. Early Writings 1697-1703: Projects, Dissent, Poems. 3. Political Journalism. 4. Politics and Journalism: Queen Anne to the Hanoverians. 5. Moral, Social, and Economic Writings 1714-31. 6. Robinson Crusoe. 7. Travel, Politics, and Adventure. 8. Crime and Narrative. 9. Roxana: A Novel of Crime and Punishment. 10. History, Facts, and Literature. 11. Political Journalist and Moral Censor: 1715-31. Notes. Bibliography. Index.