An essay upon projects

An Essay Upon Projects (1697) was the first volume published by Daniel Defoe.[1] It begins with providing a portrait of his time as a "Projecting Age"[2] and subsequently illustrates plans for the economic and social improvement of England.[3] Many of its issues were later revised in a series of pamphlets which were published under the nom-de-plume of Andrew Moreton.[1] They are titled Every-body's Business, Is No-body's Business (1725), The Protestant Monastery (1726), Parochial Tyranny (1727), Augusta Triumphans (1728) and Second Thoughts are Best (1729).[1] Compared to these works, however, An Essay Upon Projects is more focused on moral criticism than being project-oriented.[4]

A list of the chapters

References

  1. 1 2 3 P B, Backscheider (1989). Daniel Defoe.His Life. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 517.
  2. D, Defoe (1887). An Essay Upon Projects. London, Paris, New York and Melboune: Cassell & Company.
  3. "Social Projects". Indiana.edu. Indiana University Bloomington. 2008. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  4. M E, Novak (2001). Daniel Defoe. Master of Fictions. United States of America: Oxford University Press. p. 680.

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