Book Description This revised Norton Critical Edition is based upon the fourth edition of "Tom Jones", the last to be published during Fielding's lifetime. Contemporary reactions to the novel's publication and 12 critical essays are included. 亨利·菲尔丁(Henry Fielding,1707年4月22日-1754年10月8日)英国小说家,戏剧家。其代表作品《汤姆·琼斯》对后世影响极大。 生平 1707年菲尔丁生于英国萨默塞特郡,就读于伊顿公学。他的妹妹后来也成为了著名作家。菲尔丁写了一部浪漫小说,却因此引起了官司,之后他前往伦敦继续写作。1728年菲尔丁前往荷兰莱顿学习,回到英国之后,他开始为剧院创作剧本。他当时的一些作品对当时沃尔波尔爵士领导的英国政府进行了辛辣的讽刺,特别Golden Rump一剧,作家的讽刺功力初露锋芒,但也导致了1737年政府宣布实施剧院许可证法案。 这一法案使得上演的剧本时刻受到怀疑,在舞台上讽刺政治已经不再可能。菲尔丁因此退出剧院,重操法律旧业。1748年他成为米德尔塞克斯和威斯敏斯特的治安官员。
图书标准信息
作者 Henry Fielding
出版社 W. W. Norton & Company
出版时间 1995-05
版次 1
ISBN 9780393965940
装帧 平装
开本 32开
纸张 胶版纸
页数 804页
【内容简介】
The Second Edition of this Norton Critical Edition of Fielding’s great novel reprints the definitive fourth edition text (1749, dated 1750), "Carefully revis’d and corrected/By Henry Fielding, Esq;", the last in his lifetime.
The novel is fully annotated for undergraduate readers and is accompanied by a Textual Appendix and a map depicting Tom’s route to London.
As in the previous edition, "Contemporary Reactions" by such noteworthy commentators as Samuel Richardson, Samuel Johnson, and the Hill sisters provide rich historical context.
"Criticism" is a collection of fourteen interpretations of the novel spanning the years 1826–1990 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Forsyth, Kenneth Rexroth, R. S. Crane, John Preston, William Empson, Wayne C. Booth, Martin Battestin, 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.
【作者简介】
Sheridan Baker is Professor Emeritus of English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan. He is the author of many works, including The Harper Handbook to Literature, Ernest Hemingway: An Introduction and Interpretation, The Complete Stylist,
【目录】
Preface
The Text of Tom Jones
Textual Appendix
Map of Tom’s Route to London
Contemporary Reactions
Captain Lewis Thomas, A Very Amazing Entertainment]
Astrea and Minerva Hill, [A Double Merit]
Samuel Richardson, [A Very Bad Tendency]
"Orbilius", An Examen of The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling
Anonymous, An Essay on the New Species of Writing Founded by Mr. Fielding
Samuel Johnson, [Remarks on Fielding]
Criticism
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Tom Jones, [A Master of Composition]
William Forsyth, Tom Jones, A Favorite of the Ladies
Kenneth Rexroth, Tom Jones
R.S. Crane, The Plot of Tom Jones
John Preston, Plot as Irony: The Reader’s Role in Tom Jones
William Empson, Tom Jones
Wayne C. Booth, "Fielding" in Tom Jones
Martin C. Battestin, Fielding’s Definition of Wisdom: Some Functions of Ambiguity amd Emblem in Tom Jones
Maaja A. Stewart, Ingratitude in Tom Jones
Eleanor N. Hutchens, O Attic Shape! The Cornering of Square
Sean Shesgreen, The Moral Functions of Thwackum, Square, and Allworthy
Sheridan Baker, Bridget Allworthy: The Creative Pressures of Fielding’s Plot
Frederick W. Hilles, Art and Artifice in Tom Jones Henry Fielding, A Chronology
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