A substantial amount of the energy which Henry Fielding put into his writing was invested in political journalism and pamphleteering. Indeed, next to his prose fiction and his plays, his political journalism looms largest, and reveals significant aspects of Fielding the man. This volume contains three pamphlets - "The Serious Address", "The History of the Present Rebellion", and "The Dialogue between the Devil, the Pope, and the Pretender" - and one journal, "The True Patriot". Coming from what may be called the second period of Fielding's intensive political journalism, they are all informed by the same political purpose: to deal with the crisis represented by the Jacobite uprising known as the "Forty-Five" and with the implications this event was perceived to have for the Pelham administration in general, and for its new "patriot" allies in particular. As with other volumes in the edition, there is a detailed introduction, textual introduction, and a full annotation throughout.
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"This volume's great distinction is its awareness of the shifting political context as the Jacobite threat ran its course . . . Coley expertly draws on a wealth of contemporary newspapers and pamphlets, Fielding's own published writings, and manuscript letters to produce new and vividly informative contextual commentary"--Times Literary Supplement.
"...another invaluable volume in a series which has put an almost unedited author at last within the purview of literary scholarship." --Pat Rogers, Modern Language Review
"The long-awaited edition is a major advance in Fielding studies... (it) seems to me of exceptionally high quality." --C.J. Rawson, Notes and Queries --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
"...another invaluable volume in a series which has put an almost unedited author at last within the purview of literary scholarship." --Pat Rogers, Modern Language Review
"The long-awaited edition is a major advance in Fielding studies... (it) seems to me of exceptionally high quality." --C.J. Rawson, Notes and Queries --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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6 x 9 1/2 trim. 8 facs. LC 86-18463
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