Fielding Tom Jones

Henry Fielding (Author), Sheridan Baker (ed.) Illustrator: . Tim Jones, (A Norton Critical Edition), Second Edition, W.W. Norton & Company/Viva Books 2010 ISBN: 9780393965940

New Softcover . This second edition of FieldingaEUR s perennially popular novel reprints the definitive fourth edition text (1749, dated 1750), "Carefully revisaEUR d and corrected/By HENRY FIELDING, Esg:" aEUR"the last in his lifetime. The novel is fully annotated for undergraduate readers and is accompanied by a Textual Appendix and a map depicting TomaEUR s route to London. As in the previous edition, "Contemporary Reactions" by such noteworthy commentators as Samuel Johnson, Samuel Richardson, and the Hill sisters continue to provide historical context. "Criticism" is a collection of fourteen perspective on Tom Jones spanning the years 1826-1990 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Forsyth, Kenneth Rexroth, R.S. Crane, Maaja A. Stewart, Eleanor N. Hutchens, Sean Shesgreen, Frederick W. Hilles, and Sheridan Baker. A new Chronology and an updated Selected Bibliography are also included. Contents: The Text of Tom Jones aEURc Contemporary Reactions aEURc Captain Lewis Thomas - A very amazing entertainment aEURc Astraea and Minerva Hill - A double merit aEURc Samuel Richardson - A very bad tendency aEURc "Orbilius" - An examen of The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling aEURc Anonymous aEURc Review of Pierre Antoine de la Place, Histoire de Tom Jones, ou LaEUR Enfant Trouve aEURc Anonymous - An Essay on the New Species of Writing Founded by Mr. Fielding aEURc Samuel Johnson - Remarks on Fielding aEURc Criticism: Samuel Taylor Coleridge-notes on Tom Jones aEURc William Forsyth-Tom Jones, A favorite of the ladies aEURc Kenneth Rexroth - Tom Jones aEURc R.S. Crane-The plot of Tom Jones aEURc John Preston-Plot as irony: The readeraEUR s role in Tom Jones aEURc William Empson-Tome Jones aEURc Wayne C. Booth- "Fielding" in Tom Jones aEURc Martin C. Battestin-FieldingaEUR s definition of wisdom aEURc Maaja A. Stewart-Ingratitude in Tom Jones aEURc Eleanor N. Hutchens-O attic shape! The cornering of square aEURc Sean Shesgreen-The Moral function of Thwackum, Square, and Allwothy aEURc Sheridan Baker-Bridget Allwothy: The creative pressures of fieldingaEUR s plot aEURc Frederick W. Hilles-Art and artifice in Tom Jones aEURc Henry Fielding-A chronology aEURc Selected bibliography Printed Pages: 814. 2nd edition

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Fielding, Henry: The History of Tom Jones. A Foundling; Vol. II (containing Book VI to IX). No edition stated. First edition? Full leather binding of that time, gilt ornamentation and gilt title on spine. Only minor foxing, predominantly clean and fresh. Leather binding with omly very minor cracks, some discoloration on spine - overall a very attractive book! A.Millar,London 1750.
Henry Fielding (April 22, 1707 - October 8, 1754) was an English novelist and dramatist known for his rich earthy humour and satirical prowess, and as the author of the novel Tom Jones. Aside from his literary achievements, he has a significant place in the history of law-enforcement, having founded what some have called London's first police force, the Bow Street Runners. His greatest work was Tom Jones (1749), a meticulously constructed picaresque novel telling the convoluted and hilarious tale of how a foundling came into a fortune. Charlotte, on whom he later modeled the heroines of both Tom Jones and Amelia, died in 1744. Three years later Fielding - disregarding public opinion - married her former maid, Mary, who was pregnant. Despite this, his consistent anti-Jacobism and support for the Church of England led to him being rewarded a year later with the position of London's Chief Magistrate, and his literary career went from strength to strength. Fielding's lack of psychological realism (i.e. the feelings and emotions of his characters are rarely explored in any depth) can perhaps be put down to his overriding concern to reveal the universal order of things. It can be argued that his novel Tom Jones reflects its author's essentially neoclassical outlook-character is something the individual is blessed with at birth, a part of life's natural order or pattern. Characters within Fielding's novels also correspond largely to types; e.g. Squire Western is a typically boorish and uncultivated Tory squire, obsessed with fox hunting, drinking and acquiring more property. (Wikipedia).

viii, 330 S.

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Fielding, Henry: The History of Tom Jones. A Foundling; Vol. III (containing Book X to XIII). No edition stated. First edition? Full leather binding of that time, gilt ornamentation and gilt title on spine. Only minor foxing, predominantly clean and fresh. Leather binding with omly very minor cracks, some discoloration on spine - overall a very attractive book! A.Millar,London 1750.
Henry Fielding (April 22, 1707 - October 8, 1754) was an English novelist and dramatist known for his rich earthy humour and satirical prowess, and as the author of the novel Tom Jones. Aside from his literary achievements, he has a significant place in the history of law-enforcement, having founded what some have called London's first police force, the Bow Street Runners. His greatest work was Tom Jones (1749), a meticulously constructed picaresque novel telling the convoluted and hilarious tale of how a foundling came into a fortune. Charlotte, on whom he later modeled the heroines of both Tom Jones and Amelia, died in 1744. Three years later Fielding - disregarding public opinion - married her former maid, Mary, who was pregnant. Despite this, his consistent anti-Jacobism and support for the Church of England led to him being rewarded a year later with the position of London's Chief Magistrate, and his literary career went from strength to strength. Fielding's lack of psychological realism (i.e. the feelings and emotions of his characters are rarely explored in any depth) can perhaps be put down to his overriding concern to reveal the universal order of things. It can be argued that his novel Tom Jones reflects its author's essentially neoclassical outlook-character is something the individual is blessed with at birth, a part of life's natural order or pattern. Characters within Fielding's novels also correspond largely to types; e.g. Squire Western is a typically boorish and uncultivated Tory squire, obsessed with fox hunting, drinking and acquiring more property. (Wikipedia).

x, 288 S.

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Fielding, Henry: Tom Jones Nachw. v. Werner von Koppenfels, MANESSE, September 2004 ISBN: 3717520601
Mit "Tom Jones" schuf Henry Fielding einen der witzigsten Romane der englischen Literatur. Wechselvolle und nicht selten pikante Abenteuer führen den Titelhelden durch Stadt und Land, in Wirtshäuser und vornehme Salons, bringen ihn ins Gefängnis und fast an den Galgen - und am Ende doch ans Ziel seiner Wünsche. Eines Abends findet der tugendhafte Gutsherr Allworthy einen Säugling in seinem Bett vor und beschließt kurzerhand, das Kind bei sich zu behalten. Er zieht es an Sohnes Statt auf und gibt ihm den Allerweltsnamen Tom Jones. Der Findling wächst zu einem lebhaften Jungen heran, der mitunter kräftig über die Stränge schlägt. Als er sich auch noch in die schöne Nachbarstochter verliebt, auf die sich Allworthys Neffe Hoffnungen macht, reißt dem Ziehvater die Geduld - er wirft Tom aus dem Haus. So macht sich der junge Mann auf den Weg. Seine Reise führt nicht nur über Stadt und Land, sondern auch durch sämtliche Schichten der vorviktorianischen Gesellschaft. Der Erzähler geleitet den Leser nach allen Regeln der Fabulierkunst durch das Geschehen, erklärt, kommentiert und philosophiert, nicht ohne dann und wann - natürlich augenzwinkernd - den moralischen Zeigefinger zu heben. Immer wieder gerät Tom während seiner abenteuerlichen Fahrt auf Abwege, deren erotischer Einschlag zeitgenössische Kritiker aufbrachte. Doch selbst strauchelnd folgt Tom Jones stets dem Kompass seines guten Herzens. Fielding skizziert seine Figuren mit einem satirischen Witz, der nicht nur in der englischen Literatur seinesgleichen sucht. Allen voran erobert der liebenswerte, keineswegs untadelige, aber unerhört sympathische Tom Jones bis heute spielend das Herz eines jeden Lesers. Die erste Neuübersetzung seit vierzig Jahren lässt das Werk in seiner ganzen Originalität und Raffinesse neu erstrahlen.

NEUBUCH! 2004. 813 S. 15,5 cm 156 mm x 90 mm x 33 mm; Manesse Bibliothek der Weltliteratur

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