Himno a la picota

by Daniel Defoe (Original Author)

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British Library

T070831

Anonymous. By Daniel Defoe. With a half-title. sig.B is beneath "d" of "adorn".

London : printed in the year, 1703. [4],24p. ; 4°

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2015

About the author

Daniel Defoe was an English novelist, journalist, merchant, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its number of translations. He has been seen as one of the earliest proponents of the English novel, and helped to popularise the form in Britain with others such as Aphra Behn and Samuel Richardson. Defoe wrote many political tracts, was often in trouble with the authorities, and spent a period in prison. Intellectuals and political leaders paid attention to his fresh ideas and sometimes consulted him.
Defoe was a prolific and versatile writer, producing more than three hundred works—books, pamphlets, and journals—on diverse topics, including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology and the supernatural. He was also a pioneer of business journalism and economic journalism.

Reviews

[Pier Francesco Berardinelli · Rating 3 out of 5]

Il 10 gennaio 1702, sulla «London Gazette» viene of­­­ferta una ricompensa a chiunque consenta di cat­tu­ra­re il “criminale” Daniel Defoe, colpevole di aver scritto una satira che a molti aveva dato non poco fa­sti­­dio: The Shortest Way with the Dissenters. L’au­to­re del libello viene scoperto, rinchiuso in prigione e con­dannato a comparire, tre volte e in tre luoghi di­versi di Londra, alla gogna. Il pamphlet incriminato è dato alle fiamme dal boia e l’editore e il tipografo imprigionati. Mentre attende in carcere la sentenza, Defoe scrive A Hymn to the Pillory, che circola per tutta Londra: la condanna si trasforma in trionfo, la gogna viene or­na­­ta di fiori e scorrono fiumi di birra in onore del con­dannato.

Inno alla Gogna sviluppa un tema caro alle satire di Defoe: la condanna inflitta agli in­nocenti, l’impunità dei colpevoli, la barbarie del ludibrio della folla. La gogna come em­blema non di giustizia ma del suo con­trario. Igno­minioso strumento di tortura che ha so­lo sete di vendetta e gode del do­lore altrui. È, questa gogna di Defoe, solo una pal­lida anticipazione di quella odierna. Stam­pa e televisione, versioni aggiornate del vecchio arnese, hanno compiuto il gran salto di qualità, avendo licenza di celebrare il lu­dibrio an­cor prima della condanna.

[Pablo Gradine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Un libro que investiga sobre el increíble acontecimiento que tuvo lugar en el Londres del siglo XVIII, cuando el polemista y futuro novelista Daniel Defoe fue condenado a la tortura de tres días en la picota.
Defoe había escrito un panfleto incendiario y fue condenado a prisión y a escarnio público en la picota. Tras escribir su Himno, el clamor popular lo recibió esos días con flores, brindis y sus obras impresas ilegalmente.
Es un trabajo de investigación soberbio el que realizan los editores de La Felguera y que nos transporta al mundo de intrigas de este Londres donde había 16 prisiones en toda la ciudad y como fue esta parte de la vida de Defoe que terminó trabajando como espía para David Harley, consejero de la reina Ana Estuardo.

Defoe le pregunta esto en su Himno:
"¿Es que sin miedo a ti, acaso la humanidad
habría de perder sin remisión toda su honestidad?"

Un autor a revisar, sin duda.