Author: Henry Fielding
Title: The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and His Friend Mr Abraham Adams
Description: London, John Lane, 1929. Cloth. An illustrated edition of Henry Fielding's first full-length novel comic novel. Published in 1742 and defined by Fielding as a "comic epic poem in prose", it is the story of a good-natured footman's adventures on the road home from London with his friend and mentor, the absent-minded parson Abraham Adams. The novel represents the coming together of the two competing aesthetics of eighteenth-century literature: the mock-heroic and neoclassical (and, by extension, aristocratic) approach of Augustans such as Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift; and the popular, domestic prose fiction of novelists such as Daniel Defoe and Samuel Richardson. The novel draws on a variety of inspirations. Written "in imitation of the manner of Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote", the work owes much of its humour to the techniques developed by Cervantes, and its subject-matter to the seemingly loose arrangement of events, digressions and lower-class characters to the genre of writing known as picaresque. In deference to the literary tastes and recurring tropes of the period, it relies on bawdy humour, an impending marriage and a mystery surrounding unknown parentage, but conversely is rich in philosophical digressions, classical erudition and social purpose. With numerous plates and illustrations by Norman Tealby throughout. In a decorative cloth binding with Brodart dustwrapper. Externally smart. Some minor shelfwear to the boards. Dustwrapper is smart, with some minor edgewear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, with some scattered light spotting, particularly to first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Norman Tealby. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.
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Title: The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and His Friend Mr Abraham Adams
Description: London, John Lane, 1929. Cloth. An illustrated edition of Henry Fielding's first full-length novel comic novel. Published in 1742 and defined by Fielding as a "comic epic poem in prose", it is the story of a good-natured footman's adventures on the road home from London with his friend and mentor, the absent-minded parson Abraham Adams. The novel represents the coming together of the two competing aesthetics of eighteenth-century literature: the mock-heroic and neoclassical (and, by extension, aristocratic) approach of Augustans such as Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift; and the popular, domestic prose fiction of novelists such as Daniel Defoe and Samuel Richardson. The novel draws on a variety of inspirations. Written "in imitation of the manner of Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote", the work owes much of its humour to the techniques developed by Cervantes, and its subject-matter to the seemingly loose arrangement of events, digressions and lower-class characters to the genre of writing known as picaresque. In deference to the literary tastes and recurring tropes of the period, it relies on bawdy humour, an impending marriage and a mystery surrounding unknown parentage, but conversely is rich in philosophical digressions, classical erudition and social purpose. With numerous plates and illustrations by Norman Tealby throughout. In a decorative cloth binding with Brodart dustwrapper. Externally smart. Some minor shelfwear to the boards. Dustwrapper is smart, with some minor edgewear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, with some scattered light spotting, particularly to first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Norman Tealby. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.
Keywords: henry fielding tom jones norman tealby tom jones Norman Tealby
Price: GBP 79.99 = appr. US$ 114.22 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: MOD5-A-6
- Book number: MOD5-A-6
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