THE ANALYSIS ON THE INDIVIDUALISM IN ROBINSON CRUSOE 英语专业毕业论文.doc

CHAPTER ONE THE INTRODUCTION OF DANIEL DEFOE AND HIS NOVEL A Brief Biography Of Defoe Daniel Defoe(166 0— 1737),the author of Robinson Crusoe , was thought by many tobe the first true novelist in English literature. He was born in London, the SOB ofa Presbyterian butcher. Although he did not go to the university, Defoe received a good education inone of the best Dissenting academies. Against his father ’s will of ing a preacher ,he became a hosier merchant later and did mercial traveling in Spain, France, Holland and Italy, and through large sections of England. He was very good at running business and by1688 he owned a large warehouse, a London home and a country residence. Defoe was also interested in politics, taking part in the Duke of Monmouth ’s rebellion against James II and narrowly escaped the punishment. Most unfortunate lyhe was forced into bankruptcy on account of the disastrous losses in shipping. This made him won the trust of the king and he was appointed as an unofficial royal adviser on trite and other matters. In1702 Defoe published an anonymous pamphlet the shortest way with the Dissenters to satire the member of the right wing of the Tory Party ina humorous way. Because of this, he got a stand in the pillory for thee days. Defoe wrote a poem Hymn to the pillory and asked his friends to print it and shared it to the people in the street on his first appearance at his friends to print it and shared it to the people in the street on his first appearance at the pillory. It won the sympathy of many people for his courage and humor of his verse, but he became bankrupt while he was in prison. ing out, he issued a periodical The Review and became publisher, editor, and reporter until was a voluminous writer of pamphlets and articles for the journals, but his achievements in that respect were eclipsed by Addison and Steele in their paper for The Tatler and The Spectator . But in fact, many of Defoe ’s views underlying his later novels were alr