Henry Fielding and the narration of providence : divine design and the incursions of evil / Richard A. Rosengarten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosengarten, Richard A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754--Religion.

Fielding, Henry.

Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.

Religious fiction, English--History and criticism.

Religious fiction, English.

Didactic fiction, English--History and criticism.

Didactic fiction, English.

Providence and government of God in literature.

Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754--Ethics.

Narration (Rhetoric).

Good and evil in literature.

Ethics.

Religion.

Physical Description:

xvii, 171 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave, 2000.

Summary:

This book considers the role of theology in fictional narrative during the eighteenth century, with particular attention to the novels of Henry Fielding.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Principled Diffidence: Religion, the Narrating of Providence, and the Novels of Henry Fielding 1

Chapter 2 From This World to the Next: Poetic Justice and Deism 21

Chapter 3 Providence Victorious: Narrative Viewpoint in Joseph Andrews and Tom Jones 51

Chapter 4 Providence Displaced: The Recourse to the Final Judgment in Amelia 91

Chapter 5 The Binding of Providential Narrative: Fielding, Genesis 22, and the Eighteenth-Century Religious Sensibility 117.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [157]-163) and index.

ISBN:

0312232454

OCLC:

44446364