HenryFielding(BritishandIrishAuthors)
- 作者
- 出版社 CambridgeUniversityPress
- 出版时间 1986年8月
- ISBN 9780521278768
- 定价 214.90
内容简介
ThisconciseandlucidstudyprovidesanidealintroductiontothemajorworkofHenryFieldingforallstudents.Fielding'sstatureasagreatcomicnovelistisassured,butasProfessorVareyillustrates,hewasaremarkablyversatilewriter.InhisdayFieldingwasoneofEngland'sleadingdramatistsandalsopursuedacareerinlaw.Hefounded,edited,andcontributedessaysforfourdifferentperiodicals,andwroteapolitical-satiricalnovelJonathanWild,inadditiontoaworkofpowerfulsocialprotestAmeliaandhistwooutstandingcontributionstothedevelopmentofEnglishprosefiction:TomJonesandJosephAndrews.ProfessorVareyclarifiesandexplainsthisvariedbodyofwriting,concentratingonFielding'stechniqueofcombiningoppositesorapparentlyill-matchedelements-oflanguage,character,narrativemade,andevenphilosophicalthought.
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