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The "Futurism" of Daniel Defoe

The "Futurism" of Daniel Defoe

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In The Critic, Jeremy Black writes about an aspect of Daniel Defoe’s writing—both fiction and nonfiction—that is not frequently discussed: his belief in betterment:

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