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Autore |
Power Henry |
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Titolo |
Epic into novel [[e-book] ] : Henry Fielding, Scriblerian satire, and the consumption of classical literature |
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Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 232 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Classical literature - Influence |
English literature - Classical influences |
Food in literature |
English Literature |
English |
Languages & Literatures |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: "Modern dinners" -- "Mackerel a week after the season" : Swift and the durability of epic -- John Gay's art of walking the streets -- Alexander Pope : "Fragments, not a meal" -- Joseph Andrews : "The sanction of great antiquity" -- Tom Jones I : "The cookery of the author" -- Tom Jones II : Fielding's sagacious reader -- Amelia : "Talk to me not of dinners". |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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'Epic into Novel' examines the work of Henry Fielding alongside other key eighteenth-century writers to examine how the conflicting influences of the classical tradition and the new literary marketplace were reconciled. |
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