Daniel Defoe The Whole Frame of Nature, Time and Providence [Hardcover]

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of Defoe's oeuvre from the perspective of the historian. Clark presents Defoe by recovering the theological basis of his intellectual commitments, establishing him as a crucial figure in the evolution of theories about war and property, conquest and commerce, religious toleration and civil society.Acknowledgements Introduction Establishing A Voice: Defoe's First Steps from Failed Tradesman to Successful Author 'The Mushroom and the Oak': Dissent and the Church of England, 1697-1705 Jure Divino : Defoe, Locke and Milton, and Political Theory Defoe and the Union of 1707: Constructing a British Identity Correspondence, Credit and Commerce: Defoe and the Stability of Meaning, 1709-13 Robinson Crusoe: Orthodox Penitent The Perils of Consumption and the Decline of Family Government Defoe's Historical Vision: Commerce and Gentility in the 1720s The Devil and Daniel Defoe: History in a Heterodox Age Conclusion Select Bibliography Index

'This is an important addition to the historically sophisticated literature on Daniel Defoe.' - History of Political Thought

KATHERINE CLARK is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Kansas, USA