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Zusatztext This eclectic book gives us definitive texts of some important works, and a fascinating cross-section of Fielding's erratic, brilliant career. Informationen zum Autor Martin C. Battestin, William R. Kenan, Jr Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Virginia, has published widely on 18th-century British literature. Cofounder of the authoritative Wesleyan Edition of Fielding's works, he has edited the major novels: Joseph Andrews (1966), Tom Jones (1974), and Amelia (1983). He is also author of Henry Fielding: A Life (1989, 1993), the authoritative biography. Klappentext This book completes the Wesleyan Edition of Fielding's nondramatic writings. It features two classic works: The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon, written as Fielding sailed to Portugal hoping to recover his health; and Shamela, the hilarious parody of Richardson's Pamela. It also includes nine poems and eight important works of prose. Zusammenfassung This book completes the Wesleyan Edition of Fielding's nondramatic writings. It features two classic works: The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon, written as Fielding sailed to Portugal hoping to recover his health; and Shamela, the hilarious parody of Richardson's Pamela. It also includes nine poems and eight important works of prose. Inhaltsverzeichnis Textual Introduction I. Occasional Verse 1. The Masquerade (1728) 2. 'Cantos': Unfinished burlesque of The Dunciad (1729-30) 3. Plain Truth (c. 1729-30) 4. A Dialogue between a Beau's Head and His Heels (1730) 5. An Epistle to Mr. Lyttleton (1733) 6. Epilogue to Theobald's Orestes (1731) 7. Epilogue to Miller's The Modish Couple (1732) 8. Epilogue to Johnson's Cælia: or The Perjur'd Lover (1732) 9. Prologue to Lillo's Fatal Curiosity (1736-37) II. Occasional Prose 1. An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews (1741) 2. A Full Vindication of the Dutchess Dowager of Marlborough (1742) 3. Aristophanes' Plutus, the God of Riches (1742) 4. Preface to Sarah Fielding's The Adventures of David Simple (1744) 5. The Female Husband (1746) 6. Ovid's Art of Love Paraphrased (1747) 7. Preface and Letters XL-XLIV of Sarah Fielding's Familiar Letters between the Principal Characters in David Simple (1747) 8. The Journal of the Voyage to Lisbon (1755) 9. A Fragment of a Comment on L. Bolingbroke's Essays (1755) Appendix A: Writings Attributed to Fielding 1. From The Comedian, or Philosophical Enquirer No. 5 (August 1732) 2. From The History of Our Own Times (January-February 1741) 3. From Gray's-Inn Journal No. 27 (21 April 1753) Appendix B: The Texts 1. List of Emendations 2. Textual Notes 3. Word-Division 4. Historical Collation 5. Bibliographical Descriptions Appendix C: Documentary Supplement to The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon 1. Map of the Voyage 2. Illustrations 3. Correspondence 4. Anecdote of Fielding facing death 5. Matthew Maty's Review ...
