Defoe and the New Sciences (Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Thought, Series Number 32)
by Ilse Vickers
A scholarly examination of Daniel Defoe's engagement with the scientific developments and intellectual currents of his era.
About This Book
This volume examines Daniel Defoe's relationship to the emerging sciences of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
It situates Defoe within the intellectual currents of his time and considers how scientific thought influenced his writing.
The study draws on Cambridge's established series in eighteenth-century English literature and thought.
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