{"product_id":"epic-into-novel-henry-fielding-scriblerian-satire-and-the-consumption-of-classical-literature-9780198833963","title":"Epic Into Novel: Henry Fielding, Scriblerian Satire, and the Consumption of Classical Literature","description":"\u003cem\u003eEpic into Novel\u003c\/em\u003e examines an unexplored tension in Fielding's work: the tension between his commitment to the classical tradition and his immersion in a print culture in which books were regarded as consumable commodities. It gives a fresh account of Fielding's engagement with classical\u003cbr\u003eliterature, showing how he fashioned his novels out of ancient epic. It also shows how Fielding drew on the language of cookery and consumption in order to characterize his relationship with the market. \u003cbr\u003eThis interest in the place of the ancients in a world of consumerism was inherited from the previous generation of satirists. The 'Scriblerians'--among them Jonathan Swift, John Gay, and Alexander Pope--repeatedly suggest in their work that classical values are at odds with modern tastes and\u003cbr\u003eappetites. Fielding, who had idolized these writers as a young man, developed many of their satiric routines in his own writing. But Fielding broke from Swift, Gay, and Pope in creating a version of epic designed to appeal to modern consumers. \u003cbr\u003eHenry Power draws on a range of sources--including eighteenth-century cookery books as well as works of classical literature--to offer fresh readings of works by Swift, Gay, and Pope, and of Fielding's major novels. \u003cem\u003eEpic into Novel\u003c\/em\u003e explores Fielding's engagement with various Scriblerian themes, \u003cbr\u003eprimarily the consumption of literature, but also the professionalization of scholarship, and the status of the author. It shows ultimately that Fielding broke with the Scriblerians in acknowledging and celebrating the influence of the marketplace on his work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry Power\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198833963\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry Power, \u003cem\u003eAssociate Professor of English, University of Exeter\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHenry Power is Associate Professor of English at the University of Exeter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39932116598899,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_0488476d-fc0e-450b-b234-85668b17ac5e.jpg?v=1647790443","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/epic-into-novel-henry-fielding-scriblerian-satire-and-the-consumption-of-classical-literature-9780198833963","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}