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Jeremy Black, "Defoe's Britain" (St. Augustine's Press, 2023)

Jul 5, 2024
Historian Jeremy Black discusses interpreting Britain in the late 1600s through writers like Defoe, highlighting British nationalism, Defoe's outsider status, and his role as a storyteller. The podcast explores Defoe's political relationships, the collapse of King James II's regime, treaties in British history, and the genre diversity in Defoe's writing.
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