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2 The main tradition of the English novel , as it was commonly written until well into the second half of the nineteenth century , derives from Henry Fielding ( 1707-54 ) . His first novel , Joseph Andrews , was at first conceived as a ...
2 The main tradition of the English novel , as it was commonly written until well into the second half of the nineteenth century , derives from Henry Fielding ( 1707-54 ) . His first novel , Joseph Andrews , was at first conceived as a ...
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Now , most of Fielding's personages in Joseph Andrews are episodic ; they appear only once , met and passed in the course of Joseph's and Adam's peregrinations . But we feel , of Mrs. Towwouse , Parson Trulliber ( the finest of them all ...
Now , most of Fielding's personages in Joseph Andrews are episodic ; they appear only once , met and passed in the course of Joseph's and Adam's peregrinations . But we feel , of Mrs. Towwouse , Parson Trulliber ( the finest of them all ...
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This is to say that Fielding's conception of the relationship between the sexes was nearer to Shakespeare's than to ours . How superior it was to that of the greatest Victorian male novelists may be seen by comparing Sophia with the ...
This is to say that Fielding's conception of the relationship between the sexes was nearer to Shakespeare's than to ours . How superior it was to that of the greatest Victorian male novelists may be seen by comparing Sophia with the ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 3 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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