Daniel Defoe, Contrarian

✍ Scribed by Robert James Merrett

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 429
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In this study, Robert James Merrett approaches Defoe’s body of work using interdisciplinary methods that recognize dialectic in his verbal creativity and cognitive awareness.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Chapter One. Contraries: Linguistic, Narrative, and Theological
Chapter Two. Just Reflections
Chapter Three. Serious Reflections: An Apology for Faith and Fiction
Chapter Four. Biblical Allusions as Narrative Resources
Chapter Five. Political Impersonations and Cultural Implications
Chapter Six. Political Imaginings: Sacred and Profane
Chapter Seven. Marriage and Matrimony: The Dialectic of Sex and Love
Chapter Eight. Defoe’s Imaginary: Narrative Inference, Figurative Expression, and Spiritual Cognition
Notes
Bibliography
Index