A Journal of the Plague Year Flashcards
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Author of A Journal of the Plague Year
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Daniel Defoe (1722)
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Defoe Background
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- Born 1660 CE
- Businessman, spy, journalist
- Wrote first English novel (Robinson Crusoe)
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Defoe Plague Details
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- Plague of 1665
- Came from fabric from Holland
- Killed 20% of London
- Spread throughout England
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Structure of Defoe
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- Apparent eyewitness (HF)
- Journalistic novel
- Based on historical records
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Defoe’s Claims with Science
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- Controlling contagion
- Discredits miasma
- Combined religious and scientific theories
- Different types of bubonic plague
- Germ theory
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Features of a Novel
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- Contemporaneity: Takes place in present or relevant past
- Familiarity: Concerns everyday middle-class
- Character Development
7
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18th Century Novelists…
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- Aimed at all classes
- Wrote for and about women
- Combined fact and fiction
