Daniel Defoe

Why Is Daniel Defoe Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Daniel Defoe was an English writer, trader, journalist, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its number of translations. He has been seen as one of the earliest proponents of the English novel, and helped to popularise the form in Britain with others such as Aphra Behn and Samuel Richardson. Defoe wrote many political tracts, was often in trouble with the authorities, and spent a period in prison. Intellectuals and political leaders paid attention to his fresh ideas and sometimes consulted him.

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What Are Daniel Defoe's Academic Contributions?

Daniel Defoe has made the following academic contributions:

• The Storm
• The Apparition of Mrs. Veal
• A Plan of the English Commerce
• A Journal of the Plague Year
• The Shortest Way with the Dissenters
• The Political History of the Devil
• Second Thoughts Are Best
• Robinson Crusoe
• Moll Flanders and Roxana
• Moll Flanders
• Memoirs of a Cavalier
• La vie et les aventures surprenantes de Robinson Crusoé
• La vie et les avantures surprenantes de Robinson Crusoe
• Conjugal Lewdness
• Colonel Jack
• Captain Singleton
• Augusta Triumphans
• A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain