Natural Masques
Gender and Identity in Fielding's Plays and Novels
Published on 1. March 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
340 pages
978-0-8047-2520-0 (ISBN)
Description
A Stanford University Press classic.
Reviews / Votes
"This excellent study of Fielding's works takes as its central metaphor the masque (or mask) used throughout his career to explore the often complicated relationships among biological sex, gender, sexuality, and identity. The author is impressive both in her scope . . . and in her incisiveness. . . . This is a major work."-ChoiceMore details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Palo Alto
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8047-2520-0 (9780804725200)
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Content
Introduction; Part I. Fielding's Plays: 1. 'When men women turn': the drama of gender reversals; Part II. Joseph Andews: 2. The meaning of a male Pamela: genre and gender; 3. 'The natural amphitheatre': dramatic satire, the novel, and Milton's Christian epic; 4. 'The exact picture of his mother': misrecognition, mortal loss, and Joseph's promise of reunion; Part III. Tom Jones and the Jacobite's Journal: 5. Male pretenders and female rebels: Whig responses to the forty-five; 6. Tom Jones: Jacobitism, and gender: history and fiction at the ghosting hour; 7. 'The same Birchen argument': flogging, satire, and the Jacobite's ass. Part IV. Amelia: 8. 'If this was real': female heroism in Fielding's final novel; Epilogue; Death, witches, and bitches in The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon.