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- 9780230602496
- Book Title
- The Real History of Tom Jones
- ISBN
- 9780230602496
- Subject Area
- Literary Criticism
- Publication Name
- Real History of Tom Jones
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Subject
- Modern / 18th Century, European / General, Modern / General, Subjects & Themes / General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Item Weight
- 16 Oz
- Number of Pages
- X, 225 Pages
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The Real History of Tom Jones revivifies historical materials from which Henry Fielding constructed the greatest comic novel of the eighteenth century. This study recovers and explores the contexts necessary to understand Fielding's subtle art, such as the bloody conflict for the throne between Stuarts and Hanoverians, a contradictory class system, game laws that both protected and flouted individual property rights, and a justice system that proclaimed hanging for many crimes but let most criminals go. Drawing on evidence such as the peculiar appearance of eighteenth-century money, the fraudulent autobiography of a gypsy king, and a magical prayer book illustration, the book offers new readings of both Tom Jones and the political and legal landscape of Georgian England.
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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-10
0230602495
ISBN-13
9780230602496
eBay Product ID (ePID)
64302555
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Real History of Tom Jones
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Modern / 18th Century, European / General, Modern / General, Subjects & Themes / General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism
Number of Pages
X, 225 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
LeafCats
378
Lc Classification Number
Pn849.E87-.E872
Reviews
"Stevenson's readings are elegant and original, and his contention that complex countercurrents underlie the novel's surface commitments is generally persuasive."--Times Literary Supplement"The Real History ofTom Jones is a provocatively brilliant and original book that has enriched and deepened my understanding of Fielding's novel. A tour de force of critical readings ofTom Jones, Stevenson's book is challenging, but it is also elegant, witty, and memorable."--John Richetti, A.M. Rosenthal Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania"Advancing the provocative thesis that Fielding's masterpiece reveals a subtext of Jacobitism under its supposedly pro-Hanoverian surface,The Real History ofTom Jones will change the way we think about Henry Fielding and his politics. Though it focuses on one novel, by one author, its insights and original methodology will alter our perception of the intersections between politics and the novel in the British eighteenth-century."--Albert J. Rivero, Professor of English, Marquette University"Stevenson's book is a delight as well as a subtle lesson in how history and fiction work together to illuminate a culture, in this case that of complex and elusive eighteenth-century Britain. By paying attention to a host of small things-characters (Black George) and 'minor' episodes (the gypsies, Garrick's performance ofHamlet)-The Real History ofTom Jones reveals a subtler and more balanced Henry Fielding than most readers have found. Here is a witty, smooth, cool, quietly persuasive style in service of tough-minded historical and cultural analysis."--J. Paul Hunter, University of Chicago and University of Virginia, 'Stevenson's readings are elegant and original, and his contention that complex counter-currents underlie the novel's surface commitments is generally persuasive. On criminal justic, in particular, Tom Jones has never been more subtly contextualized, and there is a masterly chapter on Fielding's resonse to the infamous Black Act of 1723.' - Times Literary Supplement, "The Real History of Tom Jonesis a provocatively brilliant and original book that has enriched and deepened my understanding of Fielding's novel...challenging, but it is also elegant, witty, and memorable."--John Richetti, University of Pennsylvania "This excellent book raises once again the vexing question of Henry Fielding's complicated political allegiances. Stevenson's painstaking attention to historical details has uncovered levels of complexity other critics and scholars have either missed or chosen to ignore. Advancing the provocative thesis that Fielding's masterpiece reveals a subtext of Jacobitism under its supposedly pro-Hanoverian surface, The Real History of Tom Jones will change the way we think about Henry Fielding and his politics; though it focuses on one novel, by one author, its insights and original methodology will alter our perception of the intersections between politics and the novel in the British eighteenth century."--Albert J. Rivero, Professor, Department of English, Marquette University "Stevenson's book is a delight as well as a subtle lesson in how history and fiction work together to illuminate a culture, in this case that of complex and elusive 18th-century Britain. By paying attention to a host of small things-characters (Black George) and "minor" episodes (the gypsies, Garrick's performance of Hamlet)-The Real History of Tom Jones reveals a subtler and more balanced Henry Fielding than most readers have found. Here is a witty, smooth, cool, quietly persuasive style in service of tough-minded historical and cultural analysis."--J. Paul Hunter, University of Chicago and University of Virginia, "Stevenson's readings are elegant and original, and his contention that complex countercurrents underlie the novel's surface commitments is generally persuasive."-- Times Literary Supplement " The Real History of Tom Jones is a provocatively brilliant and original book that has enriched and deepened my understanding of Fielding's novel. A tour de force of critical readings of Tom Jones , Stevenson's book is challenging, but it is also elegant, witty, and memorable."--John Richetti, A.M. Rosenthal Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania "Advancing the provocative thesis that Fielding's masterpiece reveals a subtext of Jacobitism under its supposedly pro-Hanoverian surface, The Real History of Tom Jones will change the way we think about Henry Fielding and his politics. Though it focuses on one novel, by one author, its insights and original methodology will alter our perception of the intersections between politics and the novel in the British eighteenth-century."--Albert J. Rivero, Professor of English, Marquette University "Stevenson's book is a delight as well as a subtle lesson in how history and fiction work together to illuminate a culture, in this case that of complex and elusive eighteenth-century Britain. By paying attention to a host of small things-characters (Black George) and 'minor' episodes (the gypsies, Garrick's performance of Hamlet )- The Real History of Tom Jones reveals a subtler and more balanced Henry Fielding than most readers have found. Here is a witty, smooth, cool, quietly persuasive style in service of tough-minded historical and cultural analysis."--J. Paul Hunter, University of Chicago and University of Virginia, "Stevenson's readings are elegant and original, and his contention that complex countercurrents underlie the novel's surface commitments is generally persuasive."-- Times Literary Supplement " The Real History of Tom Jones is a provocatively brilliant and original book that has enriched and deepened my understanding of Fielding's novel. A tour de force of critical readings of Tom Jones , Stevenson's book is challenging, but it is also elegant, witty, and memorable."--John Richetti, A.M. Rosenthal Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania "Advancing the provocative thesis that Fielding's masterpiece reveals a subtext of Jacobitism under its supposedly pro-Hanoverian surface, The Real History of Tom Jones will change the way we think about Henry Fielding and his politics. Though it focuses on one novel, by one author, its insights and original methodology will alter our perception of the intersections between politics and the novel in the British eighteenth-century."--Albert J. Rivero, Professor of English, Marquette University "Stevenson's book is a delight as well as a subtle lesson in how history and fiction work together to illuminate a culture, in this case that of complex and elusive eighteenth-century Britain. By paying attention to a host of small thingscharacters (Black George) and 'minor' episodes (the gypsies, Garrick's performance of Hamlet ) The Real History of Tom Jones reveals a subtler and more balanced Henry Fielding than most readers have found. Here is a witty, smooth, cool, quietly persuasive style in service of tough-minded historical and cultural analysis."--J. Paul Hunter, University of Chicago and University of Virginia
Copyright Date
2005
Dewey Decimal
823.5
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
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