A Journal of the plague year
Subtitle: authoritative text, backgrounds, contexts, criticism
By: Daniel Defoe ; edited by Paula R. Backscheider.
Contributors: Backscheider, Paula R.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: A Norton critical edition
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 361
Subjects: Plague -- Fiction; London (England) -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Presents the annotated text of Daniel Defoe's fictionalized account of what it was like to live in London in 1665 when the city was in the grip of plague, and includes background on the London epidemic and other outbreaks, essays on the theme of community in crisis, and critical reviews of the novel.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [360]-361).