Henry Fielding and the Augustan ideal under stress : 'nature's dance of death' and other studies /: 'nature's dance of death' and other studies. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Claude Rawson.
• Authors: Rawson, Claude Julien
• Contents: 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
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 823.5; Classicism -- England -- History -- 18th century; English literature -- Roman influences; Criticism and interpretation; Influence
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429939310; 9780429939327; 9780429939303; 9780429485633
• Related ISBNs: 9781138599468
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