Daniel Defoe, Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain

Pat Rogers (University of South Florida)

Ed. by Nicholas Seager, University of Keele
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.05: English Writing and Culture from the Glorious Revolution to the French Revolution, 1689-1789.
Vol. editors: Paul Baines (University of Liverpool), Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Pat Rogers (University of South Florida), Nicholas Seager (University of Keele)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1724 - 1727

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Non-Fiction
- Guidebooks / Travel writing

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A Tour thro’ the Whole Island of Great Britain

was first published in three volumes, dated respectively 1724, 1725, and “1727” (for 1726). More than once, it has been called Daniel Defoe’s most characteristic work, a tribute to its obvious qualities – which include a deep familiarity with the physical, social and economic shape of the nation, combined with descriptive skill and a lively opinionated narrative. The

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has been well described by Michael Shinagel as “the most graphic personal account of the condition of England, economically and socially, in the first quarter of the eighteenth century, a period that eludes a precise description because it was, as Defoe observed, a period of transition”. The book provides a comprehensive vision of Britain past and present, and…

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Citation: Rogers, Pat. "Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 02 April 2019 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=8411, accessed 20 April 2024.]

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