Daniel Defoe as Satirist

Abstract

Scholars think of Defoe primarily as a novelist,secondarily as a journalist and a commentator on politics and economics. Most assume that he wrote as most profited him, and changed his convictions as convenient or perhaps had none. In recent revisions to the bibliography of Defoe's writings, satire occupies a prominent place, and in this article Ashley Marshall shows Defoe's consistency of argument and approach in satires written over a period of thirty-six years. She argues that they were not only central to his contemporary reputation but also seriously challenge his long-standing reputation as an inconsistent, unprincipled scribbler.

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