Defoe’s Finger: On Immediacy and Catachresis.

Matthew J. Rigilano's article from Pennsylvania State University delves into Daniel Defoe's work, Mere Nature Delineated, focusing on the relationship between body and soul and the philosophical implications of a soulless body. The discussion of the "Finger of God" as the origin and end of writing r...

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Publicado en:Eighteenth Century: Theory & Interpretation Vol. 64; no. 1/2; pp. 81 - 100
Autor principal: Rigilano, Matthew J.
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Publicado: University of Pennsylvania Press Spring/Summer2023
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