Henry Fielding: the Critical HeritageRonald Paulson, Thomas F. Lockwood Routledge & K. Paul, 1969 - 454 pages This series gathers together a body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The selected sources range from important essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and documentary material such as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation. Each volume contains an introduction to the writer's published works, a selected bibliography, and an index of works, authors and subjects. |
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LADY ORRERY from a letter to Lord Orrery | 6 |
NOTE ON THE TEXT | 26 |
Letter signed DRAMATICUS SIR WILLIAM YONGE ? | 37 |
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