Claude Rawson

Routledge Revivals

Henry Fielding and the Augustan Ideal Under Stress (1972): 'Nature's Dance of Death' and Other Studies

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Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1972, Henry Fielding and the Augustan Ideal Under Stress, focuses on the various disruptive forces in the literary culture of the Augustan period. His discussion centres on aspects of Fielding's writing in relation to Augustan culture and civilization.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781138599468
• ISBN-10: 1138599468
• Artikelnr.: 53516994

Autorenporträt

Claude Rawson

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgements Notes on Texts and Abbreviations Part I:
Nature's Dance of Death 1. Gentleman and Dancing-Masters 2. Nature and the
Masteries of Style in Fielding, Swift and Pope 3. Nature, Cruel
Circumstance and the Rage for Order: Amelia, with Reflections on Defoe,
Smollett and Orwell Part II: Heroes, Clowns and Schoolboys: Mutations in
Mock-Heroic 4. The Hero as Clown: Jonathan Wild, Felix Krull and Others 5.
Epic vs. History: Jonathan Wild and Augustan Mock-Heroic 6. The World of
Wild and Ubu 7. Fielding's 'Good' Merchant: An Appendix on the Problem of
Heartfree and Other 'Good' Characters in Fielding Index