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- Title
‘He only rose in the Morning, to go to-Bed at Night.’ Defoe’s phrase for fools and La Bruyère’s Characters.
- Authors
Gregg, Stephen H.
- Abstract
The article critiques the book "Roxana," by Daniel Defoe, discussing Defoe's treatment of male manners. It compares the book's main male characters with the description of the mythological figure Narcissus in "The Characters, or, The Manners of the Age," by Jean de la Bruyère. It comments on the idea of the foolish man, opposition to vices and luxury, and moralist philosophy.
- Subjects
MANNERS &; customs in literature; MALES in literature; ROXANA: The Fortunate Mistress (Book); DEFOE, Daniel, ca. 1661-1731; CHARACTERS: Or, the Manners of the Age, The (Book); LA Bruyere, Jean de, 1645-1696; NARCISSUS (Greek mythology)
- Publication
Notes & Queries, 2012, Vol 59, Issue 2, p210
- ISSN
0029-3970
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1093/notesj/gjs037