A substantial amount of the energy which Henry Fielding put into his writing was invested in political journalism and political pamphleteering. Indeed, next to his prose fiction and his plays, his political journalism looms largest in bulk, and reveals significant aspects of Fielding the man. Te present volume contains three pamphlets - the Serious Address, the History of the Present Rebellion, and the Dialogue Between the Devil, the Pope, and the Pretender - and one journal, the True Patriot of 1745-6. Coming from what may be called the second period of Fielding's intensive political...
A substantial amount of the energy which Henry Fielding put into his writing was invested in political journalism and political pamphleteering. Indeed...
The real-life Jonathan Wild, gangland godfather and self-styled "Thieftaker General," controlled much of the London underworld until he was executed for his crimes in 1725. Even during his lifetime his achievements attracted attention; after his death balladeers sang of his exploits, and satirists made connections between his success and the triumph of corruption in high places. Fielding built on these narratives to produce one of the greatest sustained satires in the English language. Published in 1743, at a time when the modern novel had yet to establish itself as a fixed literary form,...
The real-life Jonathan Wild, gangland godfather and self-styled "Thieftaker General," controlled much of the London underworld until he was executed f...
Henry Fielding's powerful final novel is now available in an expertly edited and contextualized Broadview edition. This title includes appendices: From Alexander Pope, 'Essay on Man'; Samuel Johnson - The Rambler, number 4; From Covent-Garden Journal; and, 'The History of Mrs Bilson', from Sarah Fielding, The Countess of Dellwyn. With its combination of satire and sentiment, its focus on the seedy side of London life, and its unexpected shifts in tone, "Amelia" has intrigued and disturbed readers since its first publication. Eagerly awaited by Henry Fielding's eighteenth-century readers of...
Henry Fielding's powerful final novel is now available in an expertly edited and contextualized Broadview edition. This title includes appendices: Fro...
Henry Fielding's satirical play The Tragedy of Tragedies is presented in a stand-alone volume with introductory and contextual materials closely based on those found in Volume 3 of The Broadview Anthology of British Literature.
Henry Fielding's satirical play The Tragedy of Tragedies is presented in a stand-alone volume with introductory and contextual materials closely based...
Henry Fielding: Die Lebensgeschichte Jonathan Wilds des Groen Erstausgabe 1743, Life of Jonathan Wild the Great. In der Ubersetzung von Ludwig Tieck und Johann Gottfried Hagemeister. Neuausgabe mit einer Biographie des Autors. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2016. Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage unter Verwendung des Bildes: Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Pulcinella wird aufgehangt, um 1800. Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 11 pt.
Henry Fielding: Die Lebensgeschichte Jonathan Wilds des Groen Erstausgabe 1743, Life of Jonathan Wild the Great. In der Ubersetzung von Ludwig Tieck u...
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Dieses Werk ist Teil der Buchreihe TREDITION CLASSICS. tredition veröffentlicht mit den TREDITION CLASSICS Werke aus zwei Jahrtausenden, die zu einem...