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Novel Dialogue 1.5: Getting Into Other Worlds: James Robertson with Penny Fielding (JP)
No full textJames Robertson, brilliant author of The Testament of Gideon Mack, and University of Edinburgh's top prof. Penny Fielding beam in from their respective corners of Scotland. Extensive reference is made to (John's madly beloved) James Hogg and to Robert Louis Stevenson, especially his Jack-the-Ripperesque Jekyll and Hyde. The violence that underpins slavery, aye, even in Scotland, and even during the enduringly influential Scottish Enlightenment is dredged up, as is the question of feeling implicated in the legacy of an enslaving system. James sketches a generous theory about what and how a novel signifies: it is simply asleep until a reader picks it up and invests imagination into it. Hints are dropped regarding James's newest novel, News of the Dead due for release in May. And, of course, we learn about his writerly treat
Sarah Fielding: Satire and Subversion in the Eighteenth-Century Novel
No full textThis study of Sarah Fielding (1710―68) is an original contribution to Fielding scholarship that has a dual purpose: to support those who are striving to re-introduce her to the modern literary landscape in an effort to restore her eighteenth-century literary standing, and to firmly establish Fielding as an early feminist writer. It is argued here that throughout her oeuvre Fielding challenged prevailing traditions that denied women a choice, particularly in education, employment and marriage. These themes are also considered in the political treatises of Mary Astell (1666―1731) and Mary Wollstonecraft (1759―97), who are now widely recognised as feminist writers.
It is further argued that Fielding’s subversion in fiction of the English patriarchal system is underscored by her unorthodox performance in the literary arena. This is fully explored alongside her use of sentimentalism as a literary tool with which she challenges her seemingly inhumane society. Fielding’s interest in ‘the Labyrinths of the Mind’ (in modern terms, human psychology) will also be addressed as will her placement in the history of feminism and her placement in the sentimental novel tradition. Fielding’s performance as a literary critic will be compared with the few female authors who, like her, dared to publish literary criticism during her writing career. Accordingly, extracts from Fielding’s novels and her two critical pamphlets will be thoroughly examined.
An updated biography of Fielding that is also included here will provide evidence for a further claim, that her fiction is autobiographical in part. A comprehensive account of Fielding’s performance as a literary critic forms the final chapter of this work. It is the first full-length examination of her contribution to the genre and includes an appraisal of her recently unearthed critical pamphlet entitled A Comparison Between the Horace of Corneille and The Roman Father of Mr. Whitehead (1750) that is yet to be formerly attributed to her. Ultimately this study of Fielding will go far beyond what has previously been written about this remarkable eighteenth-century author, particularly regarding her feminist activity
The 'true use of reading' : Sarah Fielding and mid eighteenth-century literary strategies.
No full textPhDThe aim of this thesis is to explore, by examining her life and
works, how Sarah Fielding (1710-68) established her identity as an author.
The definition of her role involves her notions of the functions of
writing and reading.
Sarah Fielding attempts to invite readers to form a sense of ties
by tacit understanding of her messages. As she believes that a work
of literature is produced through collaboration between the writer and
the reader, it is an important task in her view to show her attentiveness
toward reading practice. In her consideration of reading, she has two
distinct, even opposite views of her audience: on the one hand a familiar
and limited circle of readers with shared moral and cultural values and
on the other potential readers among the unknown mass of people. The
dual targets direct her to devise various strategies. She tries to
appeal to those who can endorse and appreciate her moral values as well
as her learning. Her writings and letters testify that she is sensitive
to the demands of the literary market, trying to lead the taste of readers
by inventing new forms.
The thesis opens with an overview of Sarah Fielding's career,
followed by a consideration of her critical attention to the roles of
reading. I go on to examine the narrative structures and strategies
she deploys, with a particular emphasis on her use of the epistolary
method. The following chapter deals with her attention to the reading
of the moral message tangibly embodied in her educational writing. It
is followed by an analysis of the activity which earned her a reputation
as a learned woman. Various as the forms of her works are, they invariably
reflect her attempt to balance herself between the two demands of
inventiveness and familiarity
Scotland and the fictions of geography : North Britain 1760–1830 by Penny Fielding
No full textThis review is of 'Scotland and the Fictions of Geography: North Britain 1760-1830' by Penny Fielding. Cambridge U. Press, 2009. Pp. x + 235
Miscellanies, [electronic resource] : by Henry Fielding Esq; In three volumes.
No full textThe collective titlepage appears only in vol. 1. Each volume has a separate titlepage with an imprint reading the same as that of the collective titlepage: 'Miscellanies, by Henry Fielding Esq; Vol. I.'; 'Miscellanies, by Henry Fielding Esq; Vol. II. A journey from this world to the next, &c.'; and, 'Miscellanies. The life of Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great. Vol. III. ..'.With a list of subscribers.Large paper issue.Ht. = 23 cm.; gutter = 3.7 cm.; imprint vol.3 reads "author;". - Regular-paper issue mentioned in subscribers' listElectronic reproduction.English Short Title Catalog,Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library
William Fielding Fearn Wannan, author, editor and freelance journalist
No full textWilliam Fielding Fearn Wannan, author, editor and freelance journalist. Photograph stamped Gordon F De'Lisle, Melbourn
Plates by George Cruikshank from The works of Henry Fielding: complete in one volume with the memoir of the author
No full textCruikshank's plates from The works of Henry Fielding: complete in one volume with the memoir of the author / by Thomas Roscoe. Illus. by George Cruikshank.1116 p. front., [22] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm
Fictions of consumption: novels of the Long Eighteenth Century, 1749-1817
No full textThis project relates the theme of material consumption in novels of the long eighteenth century to the
development of the novel genre. Functioning as more than just a reflection of societal concerns, novels
shape perceptions of consumption, which in turn inform our understanding of the novel’s development.
These perceptions are informed and complicated by a variety of issues presented in eighteenth-century
novels including form, nation and national identity, sexuality, labour, commerce, credit and debt, and, in particular, gender.
Chapter one looks at Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones and the use of consumption imagery and
metaphors as a way of playing with form and genre adaptation; the novel’s awareness of its own status as
consumable commodity relates to the metaphoric and physical consumption within the novel’s plot,
establishing a relationship between the problematic generic status of Tom Jones and the theme of physical
consumption. Through Tobias Smollett’s The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, chapter two examines
eighteenth-century concerns regarding women’s consumption through the largely neglected figure of
Tabitha Bramble and her reclamation of the corrupting influence of the foreign through her marriage to
Lismahago. More than just a critique of the effects of foreign luxury on British society, I argue that
Humphry Clinker makes room for the produce of empire through the union of Tabitha and Lismahago.
Chapter three analyses Frances Burney’s novel Camilla in relation to its treatment of the commodifying
effects of commerce, particularly shopping; drawing parallels between the experience of shopping in the
eighteenth century and the marriage market, specifically as relates to the male gaze, the chapter argues that
there is a connection between the novel as commodity, created by Burney in order to create profit, and the
commodification of Camilla through the male gaze. Chapter four discusses the ways in which Maria
Edgeworth’s Castle Rackrent, Ennui, and The Absentee utilise Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations as a
roadmap for Irish economic and social development but argues that this is problematised through the
absence of politics in Smith, which inadvertently complicates Edgeworth’s message of economi
The works of Henry Fielding, Esq [electronic resource] : with the life of the author. In four volumes.
No full textDedication signed: And. Millar.'An essay on the life and genius of Henry Fielding, Esq;' in vol.1 is signed and dated: Arthur Murphy. Lincoln's Inn, March 25, 1762.Electronic reproduction.English Short Title Catalog,Reproduction of original from British Library
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