Defoe's Fiction

<p>First published in 1985 <i>Defoe's Fiction </i>explores Defoe's work by considering it in the context of its genre. </p><p>The book highlights the difficulty of placing Defoe's fiction in the most appropriate context due to it being aimed primarily at a popular market in contrast to the more literary productions of Pope Swift or Addison. It also comments on the trend of focusing on Defoe's irony or emphasising his mimetic power. In doing so it seeks to explain rather than judge Defoe's achievement by looking at his whole body of work in the context of its genre. </p><p>Defoe's Fiction will appeal to those with an interest in Defoe comparative literature and the history of literary criticism. </p>