Henry Fielding, political writer [[electronic resource] /] / Thomas R. Cleary

• Autore: Cleary Thomas R (Thomas Raymond), <1940->
• Pubblicazione: Waterloo, Ont., Canada, : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1984
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (366 p.)
• Disciplina: 823/.5
• Soggetto topico: Politics and literature - Great Britain - History - 18th century; Political fiction, English - History and criticism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliography and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; One. Prolegomena: George Lyttelton, the Broad-Bottoms, and the Pattern of Fielding's Political Career; Two. Fielding's Early Career: 1728-35; Three. Pasquin and the Haymarket: 1736-37; Four. The Final Assault on Walpole: 1739-42; Five. Fielding and the ""New"" Opposition: 1742-44; Six. Fielding and the Jacobites, 1745-49: The True Patriot to Tom Jones; Seven. The Final Phase: 1749-54; Notes; Selective Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: An accurate and comprehensive study of the political aspects of Fielding's art has been sorely needed. As a result of decades of work by literary scholars and a series of great historians, such a study is finally possible. This volume addresses that need, and, in the light of a recent revival of interest in Fielding's work, it arrives most opportunely. The author offers here a wide-ranging focus and a firm grip on the shifting complexities of Fielding's political situations?the loyalties and enmities, factional alignments and fractious rhetoric?that allow a satisfactory understanding of Fi
• Titolo autorizzato: Henry Fielding, political writer
• ISBN: 0-88920-858-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910155004003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II