Question

Who, apart from Defoe, wrote about Alexander Selkirk’s story?

• A. Jonathan Swift
• B. Richard Steele
• C. Joseph Addison
• D. Samuel Johnson

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Richard Steele

• It criticizes Sir Robert Walpole’s government and the corruption of society.

• Reflects Juvenal’s attack on Rome, but applied to London.

• Written in heroic couplets.