Table of Contents

Part I. Life and Works: 1. Defoe the writer John Richetti; 2. Defoe's connections Brian Cowan; 3. Family life and inner life Maximillian E. Novak; 4. Correspondence Louise Curran; 5. Editions Cynthia Wall; Part II. Literary Context: 6. Defoe and the novel Stephanie Insley Hershinow; 7. Defoe and popular fiction Paul Baines; 8. Verse and verse satire Pat Rogers; 9. Memories and memorials: factual genres in A Journal of the Plague Year Barbara M. Benedict; 10. Periodicals, news and journalism Darryl P. Domingo; 11. Pornography Hal Gladfelder; 12. Defoe and popular religious writing Penny Pritchard; 13. Theatre and the novel Laura J. Rosenthal; 14. The philosophical tradition Ryan Patrick Hanley; Part III. Authorship and Copyright: 15. Censorship Aaron R. Hanlon; 16. Professional authorship J. A. Downie; 17. Digital defoe Hilary Havens; 18. Anonymous defoe Mark Vareschi; Part IV. The Monarchy and Parliament: 19. Politics Nicholas Seager; 20. Defoe and the glorious revolution Emrys D. Jones; 21. Defoe and the monarchy Toni Bowers; 22. The act of union Juliet Shields; Part V. Social Structures and Social Life: 23. The penal system Monika Fludernik; 24. Defoe and religion Jayne Lewis; 25. Social status and social mobility Brean Hammond; 26. Education and opportunity Benjamin F. Pauley; 27. Men and women Ann Louise Kibbie; 28. Defoe and China Eugenia Zuroski; 29. London: 1660–1731 Melissa Mowry; 30. The environment David Alff; 31. Marriage law Melissa J. Ganz; 32. Daniel defoe and the law of the sea Jonathan Lamb; 33. Disability Jason S. Farr; 34. Defoe and colonialism Stephanie DeGooyer; 35. Defoe and animals Paul Kelleher; 36. Defoe and slavery George Boulukos; 37. Economics Robert Markley; 38. Defoe and the supernatural Geoffrey Sill; 39. Defoe and America Joseph F. Bartolomeo; Part VI. Critical Fortunes and Literary Afterlife: 40. Critical reception up to 1900 Emily C. Friedman; 41. Critical reception after 1900 Manushag N. Powell; 42. Continuations and adaptations Daniel Cook; Further Reading; Index.

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Provides comprehensive contexts for Defoe's voluminous fiction, non-fiction, and poetry in short, readable essays by leading scholars.

About the Author

Albert J. Rivero is the Louise Edna Goeden Professor of English at Marquette University. A Fulbright scholar, he has held fellowships from the ACLS, APS, Clark Library, Newberry Library, and NEH. He has edited Samuel Richardson's Pamela: or, Virtue Rewarded and Pamela in Her Exalted Condition for Cambridge University Press. George Justice is Provost and Professor of English at the University of Tulsa. He has published widely on eighteenth-century British literature, particularly in the areas of book history and women's writing, and is currently completing a critical biography of Jane Austen.