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Daniel Defoe (1660–1731) - Coggle Diagram
Daniel Defoe (1660–1731)
Identity
English novelist
Pamphleteer
Journalist
Middle-class background
Dissenter from the Church of England
Family and Education
Born in London (1660)
Father: butcher
Religious dissenter
Education aimed at business
Political Activity
Supporter of William III
Glorious Revolution (1688)
Political journalism
Conflict with the Tories
Tories in power (1702)
Hostility towards dissenters
The Shortest Way with the Dissenters (1703)
Satirical pamphlet
Attack on religious intolerance
Misunderstood as literal
Punishment
Fine
Imprisonment
Pillory
Journalism
The Review (1704)
One of the first modern newspapers
Political and social commentary
Further imprisonment (1713)
Political writings
Literary Career
Began writing novels at age 60 (1719)
Use of realism
Inspired by real events
Focus on individual experience
Other Works
Moll Flanders
Colonel Jack
Journal of the Plague Year
Roxana
Death
Financial difficulties
Many debts
Died in 1731 (age 70)