The Cambridge Edition of the Correspondence of Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe, Nicholas Seager (Keele University), Marc Mierowsky (University of Melbourne) , Andreas K. E. Mueller (University of Worcester)

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Cambridge University Press
29 September 2022

Biography; Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900

This comprehensive and authoritative edition of the correspondence of Daniel Defoe situates each letter in its biographical, literary, and historical contexts. A unique source for a turbulent period of British history, Defoe's correspondence spans topics including the first age of party marked by Tory and Whig rivalry, religious tensions between the Church and Dissenters, the uncertainty of the monarchical succession, the birth of Great Britain and its establishment as a global empire, and the use of the press to mould public opinion. As well as an introduction discussing Defoe's epistolary habits and the distinctive features of his letters, headnotes and annotations explain each document's occasion, beginning in 1703 with Defoe hunted by the government for sedition, and ending in 1730 with him again in hiding, fleeing creditors months before his death. The volume is illustrated with examples of Defoe's letters, offering a fresh window onto Defoe's manuscript habits.

By: Daniel Defoe
Edited by: Nicholas Seager (Keele University)
Associate editor: Marc Mierowsky (University of Melbourne), Andreas K. E. Mueller (University of Worcester)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 158mm, Spine: 53mm
Weight: 1.710kg
ISBN: 9781107133099
ISBN 10: 1107133092
Pages: 1014
Publication Date: 29 September 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Editorial Principles and Practice; Chronology; Conventions and Abbreviations; Calendar of Letters; Introduction; The Letters I; Select Bibliography; Index.

Nicholas Seager is Head of the School of Humanities and Professor in English Literature at Keele University. He has published on literature of the long eighteenth century, including on Bunyan, Swift, Defoe, Haywood, Johnson, Sterne, Goldsmith, and Austen. He is co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Daniel Defoe (2022).

Reviews for The Cambridge Edition of the Correspondence of Daniel Defoe

'This authoritative edition gives insights into a range of contemporary events and preoccupations: colonization, religious controversy, communication and transport networks, the publishing trade and relations between authors and printers, the operation of eighteenth-century spymasters and methods of political fact-finding. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in the politics of the period, not least the Union with Scotland and the Hanoverian Succession.' Margarette Lincoln, The Times Literary Supplement