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Daniel defoe
Defoe’s life
Queen Anne imprisoned him, not like his critical attitude
Made three appearances in the pillory
started to write Whig papers
The Review
famous and well paid
Denied his Whig ideas and became a secret agent for the new government.
Studied modern languages, economics, geography,
Started to write novels when was about sixty.
Born into a family of Dissenters in 1660.
Died in 1731.
father wanted a religous career
went business on his own
suffered two bankruptcies
confortable life until old creditors haunted him until his deatg
Defoe’s novels: structure
his novels are fictional autobiographies.
the structure is a series of episodes and adventures.
held together by the unifying presence of a single hero.
Lack of a coherent plot.
not planned his works
Retrospective first-person narration.
The author’s point of view coincides with the main character’s.
Characters presented from the inside through their actions.
they appear in isolation
father of english novel
narrative is the basis of realistic novel
Defoe’s works
Colonel Jack (1722)
pickpocket who repents and ends up leading a respectful life
Moll Flanders (1722)
woman who who was born in a prison in london
Captain Singleton (1720)
captain who becomes a pirate
Roxana (1724)
The adventures of a high-society woman
Robinson Crusoe (1719)
shipwreck on a desert island.