The Real History of Tom Jones
| Author/creator | Stevenson, John Allen Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Palgrave Macmillan Gordonsville : Macmillan [Distributor] |
| Description | 240 p. ill 09.220 x 05.220 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Summary | Annotation <i>The Real History of Tom Jones</i> revivifies historical materials from which Henry Fielding constructed the greatest comic novel of the eighteenth century. This study recovers and explores the contexts necessary to understand Fielding's subtle art, such as the bloody conflict for the throne between Stuarts and Hanoverians, a contradictory class system, game laws that both protected and flouted individual property rights, and a justice system that proclaimed hanging for many crimes but let most criminals go. Drawing on evidence such as the peculiar appearance of eighteenth-century money, the fraudulent autobiography of a gypsy king, and a magical prayer book illustration, the book offers new readings of both<i>Tom Jones</i> and the political and legal landscape of Georgian England.<br> |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2004053371 |
| ISBN | 9781403966438 |
| ISBN | 1403966435 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9781403966438 |
| Stock number | 00676990 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |