Daniel Defoe
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| - | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007] | + | '''Daniel Defoe''' ([[1659]]/[[1661]] [?] – [[April 24]] [?], [[1731]]) was an [[English writer]], [[journalist]] and [[spy]], who gained enduring fame for his novel ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]''. Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest practitioners of the [[novel]] and helped popularize the genre in [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Britain]]. In some texts he is even referred to as one of the founders, if not the founder, of the English novel. A prolific and versatile writer, he wrote over five hundred books, pamphlets, and journals on various topics (including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology and the supernatural). |
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| + | His [[1726]] non-fiction book ''[[The Political History of the Devil]]'' was placed on ''[[Index Librorum Prohibitorum|The Index]]''. | ||
| + | ==Works== | ||
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| + | ;Novels | ||
| + | *''[[Captain Singleton]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[A Journal of the Plague Year]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Memoirs of a Cavalier]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Moll Flanders]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Atalantis Major]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[The Family Instructor]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[The Pirate Gow]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[The Storm]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[The King of Pirates]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Colonel Jack]]'' | ||
| + | ;Essays | ||
| + | * ''[[Conjugal Lewdness]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[Serious Reflections of Robinson Crusoe]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[The Complete English Tradesman]]'' | ||
| + | *''[[An Essay Upon Projects]]'' – first book he published. | ||
| + | *''[[An Essay Upon Literature]]'' – 1726 | ||
| + | *''[[Mere Nature Delineated]]'' – 1726 | ||
| + | ;Poems | ||
| + | *''[[The True-Born Englishman: A Satyr]]'' | ||
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Daniel Defoe (1659/1661 [?] – April 24 [?], 1731) was an English writer, journalist and spy, who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest practitioners of the novel and helped popularize the genre in Britain. In some texts he is even referred to as one of the founders, if not the founder, of the English novel. A prolific and versatile writer, he wrote over five hundred books, pamphlets, and journals on various topics (including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology and the supernatural).
His 1726 non-fiction book The Political History of the Devil was placed on The Index.
Works
- Novels
- Captain Singleton
- Robinson Crusoe
- The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
- A Journal of the Plague Year
- Memoirs of a Cavalier
- Moll Flanders
- Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress
- Atalantis Major
- The Family Instructor
- The Pirate Gow
- The Storm
- The King of Pirates
- Colonel Jack
- Essays
- Conjugal Lewdness
- Serious Reflections of Robinson Crusoe
- The Complete English Tradesman
- An Essay Upon Projects – first book he published.
- An Essay Upon Literature – 1726
- Mere Nature Delineated – 1726
- Poems
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