Daniel Defoe

Augusta Triumphans (Annotated) Daniel Defoe

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-This book contains a historical context, which helps us understand this literary work. We must pay special attention to those events that especially influenced the world of culture and art and also to those events that were especially reflected in literature, in the life of its writer or that affected it. There are many examples in which historical events have shaped the content and forms of literature, as well as this has often been the best testimony to the importance of certain events throughout history. This context is formed by everything that, in some way, influences the event when it happens. A fact is always tied to its time: that is, to its period. Augusta Triumphans: Daniel Defoe's Way of Making London the Most Flourishing City in the Universe was first published on March 16, 1728. The fictional speaker in this booklet, Andrew Moreton, is a man in his sixties offering Suggestions for improving London. In particular, it encourages the establishment of a university, a music academy, a hospital for founders, and licensed institutions for the treatment of mental illness. Furthermore, it encourages the introduction of measures to prevent moral corruption and robbery on the street.