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    This document summarizes information about authors Daniel Defoe and Jonathan Swift from the 17th and 18th centuries. It notes that factors like circulating libraries and increased leisure time helped spread the reading public during this period. It provides details about Daniel Defoe, describing him as the father of the modern periodical and noting his most important works include Robinson Crusoe, which was one of the first novels and demonstrated unprecedented narrative realism. The summary briefly mentions Jonathan Swift but provides no details about him.

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    This document summarizes information about authors Daniel Defoe and Jonathan Swift from the 17th and 18th centuries. It notes that factors like circulating libraries and increased leisure time helped spread the reading public during this period. It provides details about Daniel Defoe, describing him as the father of the modern periodical and noting his most important works include Robinson Crusoe, which was one of the first novels and demonstrated unprecedented narrative realism. The summary briefly mentions Jonathan Swift but provides no details about him.

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    Narrativa Unit 2

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    This document summarizes information about authors Daniel Defoe and Jonathan Swift from the 17th and 18th centuries. It notes that factors like circulating libraries and increased leisure time helped spread the reading public during this period. It provides details about Daniel Defoe, describing him as the father of the modern periodical and noting his most important works include Robinson Crusoe, which was one of the first novels and demonstrated unprecedented narrative realism. The summary briefly mentions Jonathan Swift but provides no details about him.

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    Problems before the 17th and 18th C: The limited distribution of literacy, economic
    limitations.
    Factors that helped in the spread of the reading public: The circulating libraries and the
    distribution of leisure.
    Daniel Defoe (1660-1731)
    The father of modern periodical (The Review 1704 and other journals). He aimed at
    simplicity. The intention of his works is that the reader should regard them as true, not fiction.
    His most important innovation in fiction was his unprecedented narrative realism.
    - The Life and Strange surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe ( Alexander Selkirk)/
    Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe/ Serious Reflections of Robinson Crusoe.
    - Robinson Crusoe is the first novel that is the first fictional narrative.
    - Other works: Captain Singleton/ A journal of the Plague year/ Moll Flanders

    Jonathan Swift (166-1745)

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