1st Edition

Routledge Revivals: Henry Fielding and the Augustan Ideal Under Stress (1972) 'Nature's Dance of Death' and Other Studies

282 Pages

by Routledge

282 Pages

by Routledge

282 Pages

by Routledge

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Originally published in 1972, Henry Fielding and the Augustan Ideal Under Stress , focuses upon the various disruptive forces in the literary culture of the Augustan period – upon ‘Nature’s Dance of Death’. His discussion centres on aspects of Fielding’s writing in relation to Augustan culture and civilization. He also relates the works of such Augustans as Pope, Swift and Smollett, as well as... Read more

Preface and Acknowledgements

Notes on Texts and Abbreviations

Part I: Nature’s Dance of Death

1. Gentleman and Dancing-Masters

2. Nature and the Masteries of Style in Fielding, Swift and Pope

3. Nature, Cruel Circumstance and the Rage for Order: Amelia, with Reflections on Defoe, Smollett and Orwell

Part II: Heroes, Clowns and Schoolboys: Mutations in Mock-Heroic

4. The Hero as Clown: Jonathan Wild, Felix Krull and Others

5. Epic vs. History: Jonathan Wild and Augustan Mock-Heroic

6. The World of Wild and Ubu

7. Fielding’s ‘Good’ Merchant: An Appendix on the Problem of Heartfree and Other ‘Good’ Characters in Fielding

Index