Daniel Defoe’s Social Networks [ Art and Literature / Association ]
… with his readers. He was known as a ‘scribbler’ and his public identity was that of a controversial and prolific author. In this way, Defoe’s style of social networking is closer to that of the twenty-first century than that of his … This did not mean that he would be a staunch Whig however. After pleading guilty to the charge of seditious libel for authoring The Shortest Way , Defoe cut a deal with the wily Tory politician, Robert Harley (1661-1724) that resulted in … but Harley was not similarly obliged. Defoe’s courting of Harley, as it were, offers one of the few examples where the author can be observed attempting to cultivate an enduring bond of friendship along the lines of those that characterised …
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