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Furbank, P. N. and Owens, W. R.
(2000).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-0208.2000.tb00575.x
Abstract
This article presents a new interpretation of the famous series of six letters written by Defoe in 1718 to Charles Delafaye, the Under-Secretary of State, in which he describes himself as having been employed by the Whig government to pass himself off as a Tory and insinuate himself into the management of Tory journals in order to weaken their attacks on the Whigs. It argues that these letters were a fiction, and that Defoe was instead deceiving his own Government paymasters.
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- English literature
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Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities > English & Creative Writing
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities
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- History of Books and Reading (HOBAR)
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- Jean Fone