The Political History of the DevilAMS Press, 2003 - 605 Seiten First published in 1726, this full-length study of the devil's role in society combines Biblical history with common sense as Defoe considers the conflict between forces of destructive evil and the benevolent Deity which controls the world. |
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... Defoe's text may have helped Dickens in the development of the characters of Mr. Tulkinghorn and Lady Dedlock . ' John Forster ( 1812-1876 ) , writing in 1855 ... Defoe's usual dish of fooling , with a strong admixture of xxii Daniel Defoe.
... Defoe's text may have helped Dickens in the development of the characters of Mr. Tulkinghorn and Lady Dedlock . ' John Forster ( 1812-1876 ) , writing in 1855 ... Defoe's usual dish of fooling , with a strong admixture of xxii Daniel Defoe.
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... Defoe's creative impulse . Passages dealing with erotic dreams offer evidence , says Shinagel , of Defoe's flight from fiction because " his own imagination probably was getting out of control by the time he was writing of Roxana's ...
... Defoe's creative impulse . Passages dealing with erotic dreams offer evidence , says Shinagel , of Defoe's flight from fiction because " his own imagination probably was getting out of control by the time he was writing of Roxana's ...
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... Defoe's thinking is yet to come . 61 In his study of Defoe and education , D.P. Leinster - Mackay inexpli- cably ignores The Political History ; 62 whereas in Defoe and the Uses of Narrative , Boardman draws attention to a curious ...
... Defoe's thinking is yet to come . 61 In his study of Defoe and education , D.P. Leinster - Mackay inexpli- cably ignores The Political History ; 62 whereas in Defoe and the Uses of Narrative , Boardman draws attention to a curious ...
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List of Illustrations | xi |
Headnote | xix |
Notes to Headnote | lxxv |
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