Fielding's Wild: Sovereign Spectacle and the Beastly Sublime.

The article discusses the aesthetics of the sublime in the satirical book "Jonathan Wild" by Henry Fielding and compares them with a seminar by Jacques Derrida. Fielding's description of the killing of an "elephantine" animal is scrutinized along with the reaction of the character Mrs. Heartfree to...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:Eighteenth Century: Theory & Interpretation Vol. 59; no. 1; pp. 45 - 64
Autor principal: Knight, Bill
Formato: Literary Criticism
Publicado: University of Pennsylvania Press Spring2018
Materias:
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=128418595&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: hlh
    uiTerm: 128418595
    longDbName: Humanities International Complete
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        01935380
        B3MC
      jtl: Eighteenth Century: Theory & Interpretation
      issn: 01935380
      maglogo: N
    pubinfo:
      dt: Spring2018
      vid: 59
      iid: 1
      pid: 4636
      pub: University of Pennsylvania Press
    artinfo:
      ui:
        128418595
        10.1353/ecy.2018.0002
      ppf: 45
      ppct: 19
      formats:
        fmt:
          @attributes:
            type: P
            size: 571KB
      tig:
        atl: Fielding's Wild: Sovereign Spectacle and the Beastly Sublime.
      aug:
        au: Knight, Bill
        affil: Portland State University
      su:
        Life of Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great, The (Book : Fielding)
        Literary aesthetics
        Aesthetics in literature
        Sublime, The, in literature
        Derrida, Jacques, 1930-2004
      sug:
        subj:
          Life of Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great, The (Book : Fielding)
          Literary aesthetics
          Aesthetics in literature
          Sublime, The, in literature
          Derrida, Jacques, 1930-2004
      ab: The article discusses the aesthetics of the sublime in the satirical book "Jonathan Wild" by Henry Fielding and compares them with a seminar by Jacques Derrida. Fielding's description of the killing of an "elephantine" animal is scrutinized along with the reaction of the character Mrs. Heartfree to the spectacle of its demise.
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype: Literary Criticism
      src: R
    language: English
    refInfo:
    copyright:
      @attributes:
        flag: Y
      custom: Copyright of Eighteenth Century: Theory & Interpretation is the property of University of Pennsylvania Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use.
      item: Eighteenth Century: Theory & Interpretation
      holder: University of Pennsylvania Press
      dt:
        @attributes:
          year: 2018
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N