Author: Henry FieldingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
The Life of Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great. A Journey from this World to the Next
Author: Henry FieldingThe Life of Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great. A New Edition with Considerable Corrections and Additions
Author: Henry FieldingMiscellanies
Author: Henry FieldingPublisher: Wesleyan Edition of the Works
ISBN: 0198182759
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Volume Three of Henry Fielding's Miscellanies, first published as a three-volume set in 1743, consists in its entirety of a major work of fiction, The history of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great. Jonathan Wild takes its title from the `thief-taker' and gang-leader of that name who was hanged in 1725, but in Fielding's hands, the history of Wild is transformed into a mock-hostorical work of sustained irony aimed at all who would be `great men'. The general introduction to this edition sets the novel against its historical and biographical background and argues against the view, common since the mid-nineteenth century, that it is a personal satire directed at the figure of Sir Robert Walpole. In both the general and the textual introductions, the editors also offer a fresh view on questions about the date and history of the work's composition. Full explanatory notes and commentary place Fielding's allusions and details in their contemporary context. As in previous volumes of the Weslyan Edition, this provides critical, unmodernized text, based on the Greg-Bowers `Rationale of Copy-text'. The version is that of the first edition, with an appendix giving all variants in wording and presentation in the 1754 revision. In his introduction the textual editor lays out the rationale for his choice of version. This volume also includes, for the first time in modern edition, Fielding's list of subscribers to the Miscellanies, along with detailed biographical notes and an analysis of the subscription list by the textual editor.
Standard Books
Author: Charles Frederick TweneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 936
Book Description
The American Catalogue
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1496
Book Description
American national trade bibliography.
The Life of Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great. A Journey from this World to the Next. By Henry Fielding, Esq
Author: Henry FieldingA List of Books Added from November, 1873-January, 1876
Author: Indianapolis Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild, the Great
Author: Henry FieldingPublisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465525254
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
The Works of Henry Fielding with the Life of the Author
Author: Henry FieldingCatalogues
Author: Walter M. Hill (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers and bookselling
Languages : en
Pages : 1400
Book Description