Richardson and Fielding
Subtitle: the dynamics of a critical rivalry
By: Allen Michie.
Publisher: Bucknell University Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Lewisburg, [Pa.]; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761 -- Criticism and interpretation -- History.; Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754 -- Criticism and interpretation -- History.; English fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.; Criticism -- Great Britain -- History.
Description: "Richardson and Fielding: The Dynamics of a Critical Rivalry is the first book-length study of one of literature's most persistent and influential rivalries. Using an adaptation of Hans Jauss's reception theory, it surveys the recurring dichotomies projected onto Richardson and Fielding by all types of eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century readers.

Even when the rival is not mentioned directly, readers usually make it pointedly clear that one author is being privileged at the other's expense."--BOOK JACKET. "Even apart from its serious implications for literary history, the story of the Richardson/Fielding rivalry is a fascinating source of critical passions, prejudices, scholarly irresponsibility, wit, and often surprising interrelations between the literary tastes and cultural environments of the day."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-250) and index.