Defoe De-attributions by P.N. Furbank & W.R. Owens

Hambledon & London. Used - Very Good. 2003. Hardcover. Very Good.

Bloomsbury Academic & Professional. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hambledon Continuum, 2003-08-02. Hardcover. Good.

LONDON: THE HAMBLEDON PRESS, 1994 Blue Boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 240 x 160 mm approx. xxxiv + 162 pp. First Edition 1994. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ Near Fine (Book- negligible shelf wear r soiling to boards, no previous owner name , insc. nor annotations. Appears unread. Dust Jacket - a little light soiling to top front panel else as new).Please advise when placing order if you would wish that a removable proprietary protective sleeve be fitted.

Hambledon Press, London, ,first edition, 1994. Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm,. xxxiv, 161 pp. From the blurb: "In the centuries after his death the number of works supposed to have been written by Daniel Defoe has expanded from just over 100 titles to a staggering 570. What is equally remarkable is that a large proportion of these were attributed to him on the basis of internal evidence of style and content alone. P.N. Furbank and W.R. Owens believe that this Defoe canon is grotesquely inflated. In Defoe De-Attributions they list 252 items in the standard Checklist of Defoe's writings by J.R. Moore which they regard as suspect, tracing in each case how the work first came to be ascribed to Defoe and offering reasons for distrusting the ascription. There has never been anything in English Literature to compare with the amazing expansion of the Defoe canon (though there are closer parallels in art history), and likewise there has perhaps never been an essay in literary de-attribution on quite this heroic… Read More

The Hambledon Press. 1994 Hambledon Press first edition hardback; as new condition with as new dj, just light storage wear; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1994.

THE HAMBELDON PRESS. LONDON. 1994. VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. A CRITIQUE OF J.R. MOORE`S CHECKLIST.