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The Life of Henry Fielding

A Critical Biography

Ronald Paulson author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Each chapter in this intriguing book by one of the world's leading authorities on Henry Fielding begins with an annotated chronology of the known facts, followed by analyses of the important issues. Paulson's account must be essential reading to all admirers and serious students of Fielding and his work.

"With its generous fomat and heavyweight line-up of contributors, the Blackwell Critical Biographies series has developed into an impressive body of biographical and critical appraisals, and The Life of Henry Fielding is a powerful addition." Review of English Studies

"Instead of dwelling on the life, Paulson (John Hopkins Univ.) provides learned and sensitive readings of all of Fielding's major works and many minor ones." "The comments on Fielding's attitudes toward deism and his relationship with William Hogarth are valuable. The scholarship is admirably thorough." "Recommended for collections serving upper-division undergraduates and above." Choice

ISBN: 9780631191469

Dimensions: 236mm x 160mm x 26mm

Weight: 708g

416 pages