Henry Fielding

Simon Varey (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

164 Seiten

1986
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
9780521278768 (ISBN)

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This concise and lucid study provides an ideal introduction to the major work of Henry Fielding for all students. Fielding's stature as a great comic novelist is assured, but as Professor Varey illustrates, he was a remarkably versatile writer. In his day Fielding was one of England's leading dramatists and also pursued a career in law. He founded, edited, and contributed essays for four different periodicals, and wrote a political-satirical novel Jonathan Wild, in addition to a work of powerful social protest Amelia and his two outstanding contributions to the development of English prose fiction: Tom Jones and Joseph Andrews. Professor Varey clarifies and explains this varied body of writing, concentrating on Fielding's technique of combining opposites or apparently ill-matched elements - of language, character, narrative made, and even philosophical thought.

Preface; A note on the texts; 1. The making of a satirist; 2. The Miscellanies and Jonathan Wild; 3. Shamela and Joseph Andrews; 4. Tom Jones; 5. Amelia; 6. The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.7.1986
Reihe/Serie	British and Irish Authors
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	210 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-13	9780521278768 / 9780521278768
Zustand	Neuware