Daniel Defoe’s Social Networks [ Art and Literature / Association ]
… ‘virtual’ identities through his writings and his engagement 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 … of Novels to Daniel Defoe’, Philological Quarterly (vol. 89, n° 2/3, Spring 2010), p. 243-253. Defoe crafted a public persona as an author, and his ties to the world of print would prove to be the most enduring and important of his … well over one hundred of them, and he maintained ties solid enough to entice many of them to publish several of his many publications. (Cowan, ‘Defoe’s Connections’) Even his rival authors could admire his talents. John Dunton referred …
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