Authoritative yet accessible, this is the first-ever comprehensive account of a true landmark in eighteenth-century travel writing. Daniel Defoe's Tour thro' th

Observations on the principal cities, ports and geographical features, customs, manners, and inhabitants of early eighteenth-century Britain

The Oxford Handbook of Daniel Defoe is the most comprehensive overview available of the author's life, times, writings, and reception. Daniel Defoe (1660-1731)

This handbook offers a systematic exploration of current key topics in travel writing studies. It addresses the history, impact, and unique discursive variety o

Since at least the Reformation, English men and women have been engaged in visiting, exploring and portraying, in words and images, the landscape of their natio