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.
About the Author
Ronald Paulson is professor of English at John Hopkins University. He is both a major authority on Henry Fielding and one of the world's leading scholars of eighteenth-century literary and artistic culture. His recent books include The Beautiful, Novel and Strange: Aesthetics and Heterodoxy (!995) and Don Quixote in England: The Aesthetics of Laughter (1998).
Features
* Provides profound analyses of all the important issues. * Represents the summation of career's work on Fielding by one of the world's leading scholars in eighteenth-century studies. * Reveals how Fielding's plays, essays and novels both overtly and covertly express his own experiences.
