1st Edition

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

By John McVeagh Copyright 2008
    434 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 of the State of the British Nation (27 March - 31 August 1708), PART TWO A Review of the State of the British Nation (2 September 1708-31 March 1709), Index

    Biography

    John McVeagh