Book Description

Defoe published Due Preparations for the Plague, as Well for Soul as Body in 1722 virtually simultaneously with his more well known Journal of the Plague Year. A testament to both his literary genius and social conscience, Due Preparations finds Defoe confronting problems of social justice and spiritual anxiety that remain pertinent in the present time. Unavailable to the public in any widely accessible form for more than 100 years, this volume takes a worthy place among Defoe's most widely read novels including Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders and Colonel Jack. Author and editor Logan Atkinson is a member of the Carleton University Department of Law and holds graduate degrees in law and in the philosophy of the humanities, and a doctorate in legal history. His research is focussed on intersections among law, literature and history, especially in the development of public health protection.