A Journal of the Plague Year
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A Journal of the Plague Year is a historical novel by Daniel Defoe that vividly reconstructs life in London during the 1665 bubonic plague outbreak.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical novel
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novel → work of fiction → |
| author | Daniel Defoe → |
| basedOn |
Great Plague of London
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bubonic plague outbreak of 1665 → |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Great Britain → |
| depicts |
burial practices during plague
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flight of citizens from London → lockdown of infected houses → medical practices in 17th-century London → role of clergy during plague → social impact of plague → |
| genre |
historical fiction
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realist fiction → |
| hasAdaptation | radio dramatizations → |
| hasTheme |
epidemics
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fear and mortality → plague → public health measures → quarantine → religion and providence → social order during crisis → statistics and mortality bills → urban life → |
| influenced |
epidemic fiction
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later plague literature → |
| language | English → |
| literaryMovement | realism precursor → |
| literaryPeriod | 18th-century literature → |
| literaryTechnique |
documentary style
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pseudo-journalistic narrative → use of supposed official records → |
| narrativeForm | first-person narrative → |
| narrativePerspective | ostensibly eyewitness account → |
| narrator | H. F. → |
| oftenClassifiedAs | journal-like chronicle → |
| originallyPublishedIn | England NERFINISHED → |
| publicationType | prose narrative → |
| publicationYear | 1722 → |
| publisher | originally published anonymously → |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Moll Flanders
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Robinson Crusoe → |
| setInPlace |
London, England
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surface form: "London"
|
| setInTimePeriod |
1665
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Great Plague of London → |
| structure | chronological account → |
| studiedIn |
courses on 18th-century British literature
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courses on literature and disease → |
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