Daniel Defoe: Ambition & InnovationUniversity Press of Kentucky, 1986 - 299 pages |
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Ambition & Innovation Paula R. Backscheider. • • SIX CRIME AND ADVENTURE " I SAW , " " I SAW , " " then I saw . " These words occur thousands of times in the prose fiction of Defoe's time . Greedy for knowl- edge ... CRIME AND ADVENTURE.
Ambition & Innovation Paula R. Backscheider. • • SIX CRIME AND ADVENTURE " I SAW , " " I SAW , " " then I saw . " These words occur thousands of times in the prose fiction of Defoe's time . Greedy for knowl- edge ... CRIME AND ADVENTURE.
Page 153
... crime reports " in his periodical writings for years . He drew upon his familiarity with them , then added elements from other kinds of writing , and expanded their purposes . More than any other writer , Defoe is responsible for ...
... crime reports " in his periodical writings for years . He drew upon his familiarity with them , then added elements from other kinds of writing , and expanded their purposes . More than any other writer , Defoe is responsible for ...
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... crime literature largely grew from trivial and especially rigid forms , that the heroes and heroines were often criminals , and that writers married the story to an explicitly , blatantly moral commentary called " observa- tions , " the ...
... crime literature largely grew from trivial and especially rigid forms , that the heroes and heroines were often criminals , and that writers married the story to an explicitly , blatantly moral commentary called " observa- tions , " the ...
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