num_pages: 192
description: Henry Fielding and the Narration of Providence analyzes the fate in 18th-century England of the Augustinian tradition of the providential design of history. At this time the retrospective form of literary narrative (also know as â€œthe rise of the English novelâ€) flourished, particularly in the novels of Henry Fielding. Through his â€œhistorianâ€ narrators, Fielding presents to the reader a sense of narrative ending that explores, with great power of poetic penetration, the claims humans can and cannot make, even retrospectively, for the realization of the divine design.
language: English
title: Henry Fielding and the Narration of Providence: Divine Design and the Incursions of Evil
titlecomplete: Henry Fielding and the Narration of Providence: Divine Design and the Incursions of Evil
publisher: Palgrave Macmillan