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Defoe and the Expiring Peerage

Defoe and the Expiring Peerage by Pat Rogers long parenthesis in the first volume of Daniel Defoe’s Tour thro’ the Whole Island of Great Britain (1724–26) helps to illuminate A some of the ideological underpinnings of this work, as well as providing clues as to the way the book was composed and the na- ture of Defoe’s information-gathering. Most immediately, it enables us to ascertain what Defoe knew and when he knew it. From omissions, we can deduce what he either did not know or chose not to communi- cate. When set alongside other references in the text and external evi- dence, this section throws into relief both the author’s view of con- temporary British history and the historicity of this view. More widely, its dense coverage sheds light on his ambiguous attitude towards the nobility, an issue which has troubled some readers, caught unawares by his self-gentrification and adoption of a (probably bogus) coat of arms. The passage occurs in the second letter, when the narrative has reached Goodwood, seat of the dukes of Richmond: (This Family also is in tears, at the writing these Sheets, for the Death of Her Grace the Dutchess, who dyed the beginning of the Month of December, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Studies in Philology University of North Carolina Press

Defoe and the Expiring Peerage

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Studies in Philology , Volume 102 (4) – Oct 3, 2005
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by Pat Rogers long parenthesis in the first volume of Daniel Defoe’s Tour thro’ the Whole Island of Great Britain (1724–26) helps to illuminate A some of the ideological underpinnings of this work, as well as providing clues as to the way the book was composed and the na- ture of Defoe’s information-gathering. Most immediately, it enables us to ascertain what Defoe knew and when he knew it. From omissions, we can deduce what he either did not know or chose not to communi- cate. When set alongside other references in the text and external evi- dence, this section throws into relief both the author’s view of con- temporary British history and the historicity of this view. More widely, its dense coverage sheds light on his ambiguous attitude towards the nobility, an issue which has troubled some readers, caught unawares by his self-gentrification and adoption of a (probably bogus) coat of arms. The passage occurs in the second letter, when the narrative has reached Goodwood, seat of the dukes of Richmond: (This Family also is in tears, at the writing these Sheets, for the Death of Her Grace the Dutchess, who dyed the beginning of the Month of December,

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Published: Oct 3, 2005

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