Defoe and the New Sciences
In his long career as a writer Daniel Defoe never tired of advocating the value of personal observation and experience; and he never wavered in his conviction that it is man's God-given duty to explore and make productive use of nature. In this first major study of Bacon's legacy to Defoe Ilse Vickers shows that the ideas and concepts of Baconian science were a significant influence on Defoe's way of thinking and writing. She outlines the seventeenth-century intellectual milieu, and discusses...
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This book describes the principles of Baconian science, and their influence on the thought and writing of Daniel Defoe.
List of illustrationsAcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsIntroduction11The legacy of Francis Bacon92The selective taking-up of Bacon's ideas; biographical sketches of five followers of Bacon183Charles Morton and the New Sciences324Daniel Defoe and the Baconian legacy555Defoe's General History of Trade: its relation to the Baconian histories816Robinson Crusoe: man's progressive dominion over nature997A New Voyage Round the World: Defoe the traveller-scientist by sea1328Defoe's Tour: a natural history of man and his activities151Appendix177Bibliography182Index193
