Jonathan Wild

Standard Name: Wild, Jonathan

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By 8 June 1725: The criminal Jonathan Wild was hanged: Daniel...

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The criminal Jonathan Wild was hanged: Daniel Defoe wrote a hasty account of his life, and eighteen years later Henry Fielding made him a mock-heroic over-reacher.
Defoe, Daniel. “Introduction”. Selected Poetry and Prose of Daniel Defoe, edited by Michael F. Shugrue, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968, p. v - xxvi.
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McDowell, Paula. “Narrative Authority, Critical Complicity: The Case of Jonathan WildStudies in the Novel, Vol.
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, No. 2, 1 June 1998– 2024, pp. 211-31.
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The date is that of Defoe's catchpenny biography.

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