A Political Biography of Daniel Defoe

Furbank and Owens attempt to disentangle the story of Daniel Defoe's political career, as journalist, polemicist, political theorist and secret agent. They argue that this remarkable career calls for a good deal of rethinking, not least because biography and bibliography are here inextricably intertwined.

P. N. Furbank, W. R. Owens

Introduction; Chapter 1 Poetry, Pamphleteering and the Pillory; Chapter 2 Defoe and the Dead King; Chapter 3 The Author of the Review; Chapter 4 Propagandist for the Union; Chapter 5 'Maintaining A Counter Correspondence'; Chapter 6 1710: The Fateful Step; Chapter 7 Defoe and the Whig Split; Chapter 8 The Return of The Prodigal;