Buch, Englisch, 164 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 310 g
Reihe: British and Irish Authors
Buch, Englisch, 164 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 310 g
Reihe: British and Irish Authors
ISBN: 978-0-521-26244-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
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.
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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.
