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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
Melbourne Town Hall clock tower at the corner of Collins and Swanston Streets, Melbourne, ca. 1955 [picture] /
No full textPart of the collection: Sarah Chinnery photographic collection of New Guinea, England and Australia.; Inscriptions: "Town Hall, cnr Collins, Swanston, Melbourne. Neg. (9)" --In pencil on reverse. "Printed from Sarah Chinnery's neg." -- In blue ink on reverse.; Looking across Collins Street to corner Swanston Street, Melbourne Town Hall clock tower, Manchester Unity Building tower, decorative under ceiling and post of Regent Picture Theatre. -- Accompanying notes from family.; Printing attributed by the donors to Pat Tuxen.; Sarah Chinnery no.: Part 8.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4506596
Post eruption landscape damage, Rabaul, New Guinea, 1937 [picture] /
No full textPart of the collection: Sarah Chinnery photographic collection of New Guinea, England and Australia.; Condition: Silvering and negative discoloration..; Gash in road, damaged palms beyond and across neg., stump near corner. -- Accompanying notes from family.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4554438
Japanese bridge at the Huntington Gallery, San Marino, California, 1934, 2 [picture] /
No full textPart of the collection: Sarah Chinnery photographic collection of New Guinea, England and Australia.; Chinese bridge in park, seen across post rail fence. This bridge was the inspiration for bridge built in Sarah's Rabaul garden. -- Accompanying notes from family.; Condition: Spots and stains on negative.; See also PIC/11131/956.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4554259
Stream of water flowing through Chinnery's garden with mountains in the distance, Malaguna Road, Rabaul, New Guinea, 1937 [picture] /
No full textPart of the collection: Sarah Chinnery photographic collection of New Guinea, England and Australia.; Condition: Spots and stains on negative. Loss of image.; River from post eruption electrical storms, gushing down garden. -- Accompanying notes from family.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4554967
Two ships moored in harbour with a township and a power pole in foreground, Rabaul Harbour, New Guinea, 1937 [picture] /
No full textPart of the collection: Sarah Chinnery photographic collection of New Guinea, England and Australia.; Condition: Mould on negative.; Treetops, electric post and wires, harbour with ship, town houses to side. (neg. marked "4") -- Accompanying notes from family.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4553857
Leafless trees, Rabaul, New Guinea, 1937 [picture] /
No full textPart of the collection: Sarah Chinnery photographic collection of New Guinea, England and Australia.; Condition: Silvering.; Roadside damaged trees, electricity post, fallen branches. -- Accompanying notes from family.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4554976
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