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The Life of Henry Fielding: A Critical Biography Hardcover - 2000
by Paulson, Ronald
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Details
- Title The Life of Henry Fielding: A Critical Biography
- Author Paulson, Ronald
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Oxford
- Date 2000-04-07
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Annotated, Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0631191461.G
- ISBN 9780631191469 / 0631191461
- Weight 1.68 lbs (0.76 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1.06 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.69 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress subjects Authors, English - 18th century - Biography, Fielding, Henry
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99043635
- Dewey Decimal Code B
From the rear cover
In this important new critical biography, Ronald Paulson brilliantly demonstrates how Fielding's life and writings evolved according to his experiments with different professions. It is not sufficient to say that he moved from one literary genre to the next, from drama to essay, from satire to novel. As a playwright and theater manager he thematized the theater and its workings in his writings, moving on to do the same as a journalist, barrister, and finally magistrate. Tom Jones, for example, can be interpreted as a self-projection, seen from the perspective of a barrister, an advocate for the defense; or Billy Booth as a conflation of the author and his father, seen now from the perspective of a grim but just magistrate.
Each chapter in this intriguing book begins with an annotated chronology of the known facts, followed by analyses of the important issues. Paulson's account will be essential reading for all admirers of Fielding as well as serious students of his work.
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Citations
- Choice, 09/01/2000, Page 128