A Political Biography of Sarah Fielding

ISBN-13: 9780367875930 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 276 str.

Christopher D. Johnson

Opis

Tracing the development of Fielding’s agendas, Johnson presents a compelling portrait of an author who claimed a place within literary culture for women’s experiences. While Fielding often retreats from the overtly political concerns that captured the attention of her contemporaries, her works are daring forays into the public sphere that both c

Spis treści

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Making of a Novelist

Chapter 2. Her Own Story: The Adventures of David Simple

Chapter 3. Familiar Letters between the Principal Characters of David Simple

Chapter 4. The Governess, A New Experiment in Fiction

Chapter 5. Forays into Literary Criticism

Chapter 6. David Simple, Volume the Last

Chapter 7. Collaboration and Innovation, The Cry

Chapter 8. The Lives of Cleopatra and Octavia

Chapter 9. The History of the Countess of Dellwyn

Conclusion

O autorze

Christopher D. Johnson is professor of English and Director of the McNair Institute at Francis Marion University. His recent publications include a festschrift in honor of Jerry C. Beasley (2011) and essays on Henry and Sarah Fielding, Philip Doddridge, Oliver Goldsmith, and John Dryden.