This page contains resources related to the study of Daniel Defoe, his works, and his world, as well as the study of eighteenth-century literature more generally.

Bibliography

Click on the following links to view annual bibliographies of scholarship about Daniel Defoe and his works.

• 2014 Bibliography
• 2013 Bibliography
• 2012 Bibliography
• 2011 Bibliography
• 2010 Bibliography
• 2009 Bibliography
• 2008 Bibliography
• 2007 Bibliography
• 2006 Bibliography
• 2005 Bibliography

Collections

Daniel Defoe Collection at McMaster University
A part of the Eighteenth Century Collection, this collection consists of materials by Daniel Defoe. First and eighteenth-century variant editions of Defoe’s works are presented. Items attributed to Defoe are also included. For more information on this collection, please visit The William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collectionsat McMaster University.

Daniel Defoe Collection at the Lilly Library, Indiana University
This online exhibition provides an overview of the types of publications written by Defoe in his lifetime. This exhibit was curated by Denise Griggs. Visit the exhibithere.

Online Resources

• The 18th-Century Common
• Women Writers Project at Brown University
• Women Writers Resource Project at Emory University
• Eighteenth-Century Resources by Jack Lynch
• Early Modern Resources: The Eighteenth Century
• Pepys Diary
• Proceedings of the Old Bailey
• Project Gutenberg
• The Long Eighteenth