Daniel Defoe, writer 1660-1731, Academy Media ; SKAN ; written, produced, and directed by Malcolm Hossick
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Daniel Defoe, writer 1660-1731, Academy Media ; SKAN ; written, produced, and directed by Malcolm Hossick
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eng
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Daniel Defoe
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182941909
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Academy Media ; SKAN ; written, produced, and directed by Malcolm Hossick
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30
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Famous authors
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writer 1660-1731
Summary
Daniel Defoe, English writer, gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. A prolific and versatile writer, he wrote more than five hundred books, pamphlets, and journals on various topics, and was a pioneer of economic journalism. Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest practitioners of the novel, which he helped popularize as a form in Britain. This film uses contemporary drawings and paintings, portraits, maps, and other archival material to describe the social and historical background of his writing
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live action
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Writer 1660-1731Daniel Defoe a concise biography
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