1st Edition

Defoe's Review 1704-13, Volume 5 (1708-9), Part I

By John McVeagh Copyright 2008
360 Pages
by Routledge

360 Pages
by Routledge

Discusses one of Daniel Defoe's greatest, but least known works, his periodical the "Review of the State of the British Nation". 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.

PART ONE A Review o f the State o f the British Nation (27 March - 31 August 1708), PART TWO A Review o f the State o f the British Nation (2 September 1708 - 31 March 1709), Index

Biography

John McVeagh