"Defoe's Review" tapped into a new cultural community, helping to create the climate for Steele and Addison to develop the "Tatler" and "Spectator" in later years. This volume is suitable for scholars researching the history and literature of the eighteenth century, as well as the history of print and the book.

"Defoe's Review" tapped into a new cultural community, helping to create the climate for Steele and Addison to develop the "Tatler" and "Spectator" in later years. This volume is suitable for scholars researching the history and literature of the eighteenth century, as well as the history of print and the book.

One of Daniel Defoe's greatest achievements was the writing and publication of his "Review". Covering his many interests, both contemporary and historical, Defoe published his journal twice and latterly three times a week. This volume reproduces the "Review" from the year 1704.

Defoe's Review played a significant role in the birth of the modern press. It was not a newspaper dealing in facts but a journal of opinion and discussion. This series is the first complete scholarly edition of the entire run of Defoe's Review. It is fully reset and supported by full editorial apparatus.

One of Daniel Defoe's greatest achievements was the writing and publication of his "Review". Covering his many interests, both contemporary and historical, Defoe published his journal twice and latterly three times a week. This volume reproduces the "Review" from the year 1704.

This volume is an important and rare work in the political and literary history of England and for a Defoe scholar. It is one of the earliest examples of the political periodical, and includes discussions on the parliamentary election of 1705 and Defoe's weekly Scandal Club correspondence.

Daniel Defoe had an eventful and adventurous life as a merchant, politician, spy and literary hack. He is one of the eighteenth century's most lively, innovative and important authors, famous not only for his novels, including Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders, and Roxana, but for his extensive work in journalism, political polemic and conduct guides, and for his pioneering 'Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain'. This volume surveys the wide range of Defoe's fiction and non-fiction, and assesses his importance as writer and thinker. Leading scholars discuss key issues in Defoe's novels, and show how the man who was once pilloried for his writings emerges now as a key figure in the literature and culture of the early eighteenth century.