THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION
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a long work of prose fiction (a novel)
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non-fiction literature
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a government treatise
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a collection of poetry
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Detailed explanation-1: -The book Robinson Crusoe is written in the plain, lucid colloquial prose. Its realism and its prose style entitle it to the claim of being the first English novel. Captured at sea by the pirates, Crusoe is wrecked off the South American Coast on a desert island.
Detailed explanation-2: -Defoe’s first long work of fiction, it introduced two of the most-enduring characters in English literature: Robinson Crusoe and Friday.
Detailed explanation-3: -Robinson Crusoe’s reception Its methodical and detailed structure makes it the prototype of the English realist novel. It is still studied for its interrogation of the limits of human resilience, and its treatment of ideas of ‘civilisation’ and ‘brutality’.
Detailed explanation-4: -What are the different types of novels? The novel has an extensive range of types, among them being: historical, picaresque, sentimental, Gothic, psychological, novel of manners, epistolary, pastoral, roman à clef, antinovel, cult, detective, mystery, thriller, western, fantasy, and proletarian.