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Vite di pirati

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L'epopea piratesco-sovversiva, romantica e criminale in una rassegna di falsi storici d'autore: le biografie dei più efferati avventurieri del mare in cronache scritte da un sedicente capitano Johnson, pirata anch'egli.

The History of the most notorious pirates, raccolta di biografie firmata da un certo capitano Johnson, uscita nel 1724 a Londra, con quattro ristampe di cui la definitiva nel 1726, ebbe uno straordinario successo anche a causa del mistero dell'autore, per due secoli sospettato di essere un pirata egli stesso, fino al 1939, quando fu avanzata l'ipotesi che Johnson fosse lo stesso creatore del Robinson Crusoe, identificazione avallata con l'edizione critica dell'opera, nel 1972, che la attribuiva definitivamente a Daniel Defoe, appunto, esperto costruttore di falsi documenti storici e appassionato osservatore (come del resto i lettori del tempo) dell'epopea - sovversiva, romantica e criminale - piratesca, che ai suoi giorni volgeva al tramonto.

264 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 4, 2012

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Daniel Defoe

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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.

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