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The History of the Devil, Ancient and Modern. Containing a State of the Devil's Circumstances, from His Expulsion out of Heaven, to the Creation; His More
Daniel Defoe
The History of the Devil, Ancient and Modern. Containing a State of the Devil's Circumstances, from His Expulsion out of Heaven, to the Creation; His More
Daniel Defoe
Publisher Marketing: The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT070357Anonymous. By Daniel Defoe. First published in 1726 as 'The political history of the Devil'. The London part of the imprint is false. London [i.e. Durham]: printed for A. Law, W. Miller, and R. Cater; by Geo. Walker, Durham, [1800?]. [6],270p.; 12 Contributor Bio: Defoe, Daniel English author Daniel Defoe was at times a trader, political activist, criminal, spy and writer, and is considered to be one of England's first journalists. A prolific writer, Defoe is known to have used at least 198 pen names over the course of a career in which he produced more than five hundred written works. Defoe is best-known for his novels detailing the adventures of the castaway Robinson Crusoe, which helped establish and popularize the novel in eighteenth century England. In addition to Robinson Crusoe, Defoe penned other famous works including Captain Singleton, A Journal of the Plague Year, Captain Jack, Moll Flanders and Roxana. Defoe died in 1731.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | June 16, 2010 |
ISBN13 | 9781171001188 |
Publishers | Gale Ecco, Print Editions |
Pages | 282 |
Dimensions | 246 × 189 × 15 mm · 508 g |
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