An Essay on the Original of Literature
| Title: | An Essay on the Original of Literature |
| Author: | Daniel Defoe
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| Year First Published: | 2007 |
| Page Count: | 88 |
| Synopsis: | The young Daniel Defoe thought he was destined to become a Presbyterian minister. Instead he became a man of letters: poet, political journalist, economic essayist, novelist. In his Essay on the Original of Literature of 1726, Defoe argues for the sacred Hebrew origins of modern writing--or, as he puts it, that "Power to make the Paper speak." The work stands out as a writer's bold glorification of the craft of literature, radically understood. |
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