Daniel Defoe: Ambition & InnovationUniversity Press of Kentucky, 1986 - 299 pages |
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Page 135
... Plague Year arrests a moment of collective consciousness . H.F. is the embodiment of that moment . More than recorder of events , more than novelistic character , he dramatizes the emotional crisis that the plague revealed . Defoe's ...
... Plague Year arrests a moment of collective consciousness . H.F. is the embodiment of that moment . More than recorder of events , more than novelistic character , he dramatizes the emotional crisis that the plague revealed . Defoe's ...
Page 139
Ambition & Innovation Paula R. Backscheider. the plague flickers , darts into flame , fades , flickers , and slowly spreads . The plague is described in fire images such as " raging . " The portents noticed by the people are the same ...
Ambition & Innovation Paula R. Backscheider. the plague flickers , darts into flame , fades , flickers , and slowly spreads . The plague is described in fire images such as " raging . " The portents noticed by the people are the same ...
Page 143
... plague of 1664. Many of these comparisons are stated in typological language , which reinforces the universally short - sighted behavior of people and the certainty of recurrent natural disasters ; " we were Marrying and giving in ...
... plague of 1664. Many of these comparisons are stated in typological language , which reinforces the universally short - sighted behavior of people and the certainty of recurrent natural disasters ; " we were Marrying and giving in ...
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