Based on close reading of a representative range of Defoe's writing, Borsing presents a study of Defoe's engagement with the concept of personal identity, exploring his construction of personae, his forays into different literary genres and the role of religion in his philosophy.
Based on close reading of a representative range of Defoe's writing, Borsing presents a study of Defoe's engagement with the concept of personal identity, exploring his construction of personae, his forays into different literary genres and the role of religion in his philosophy.
Christopher Borsing teaches in the School of English, TCD and in the Open Education Unit, Dublin City University, Ireland. After a varied career as building labourer, kitchen porter, itinerant fruit picker, Tarot card reader, jobbing gardener and professional salesman of educational resources, he entered higher education in 2003 as a mature student at Trinity College Dublin where he was elected a Scholar, awarded a first-class degree in English Studies and conferred with his PhD.
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Introduction 1. 'The True-Born Englishman': The Construction of a Persona 2. The Family Instructor: One-sided dialogue 3. Robinson Crusoe: Spoken by an Other 4. Captain Singleton: Incommensurable Exchanges 5. Questionable Identities: Moll Flanders and Roxana 6. Not Imaginary but Fictitious: Defoe and the Apparitions of Fiction
Introduction 1. 'The True-Born Englishman': The Construction of a Persona 2. The Family Instructor: One-sided dialogue 3. Robinson Crusoe: Spoken by an Other 4. Captain Singleton: Incommensurable Exchanges 5. Questionable Identities: Moll Flanders and Roxana 6. Not Imaginary but Fictitious: Defoe and the Apparitions of Fiction
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