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A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe
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Length:
66 minutes
Released:
Apr 29, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Daniel Defoe's A Journal of the Plague Year (1722) is the subject of this episode of Backlisted, recorded in the week of the 300th anniversary of the publication of Robinson Crusoe. Joining John and Andy to discuss the book - and Defoe's extraordinary life and careers - are novelist James Hannah and Dr Jo Waugh, senior lecturer at York St John University and an expert on literature and disease. Plus Andy talks about Jane Gardam's Defoe-inspired novel Crusoe's Daughter and John has been reading Small Days and Nights by Tishani Doshi.
Released:
Apr 29, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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