Tom Jones (Hardcover)  | Released: 1999

This book, is an in-depth study of the novel Tom Jones : A Literary Appreciation written by Henry Fielding, the father of English novel, in 1749. The novel is written on such a vast scale, with a large number of characters and incidents, with epic and comic styles employed from time to time, that it is truly called a comic epic in prose. Its characters have been drawn from life, so that the novel is a true representation of the English society of the mid-eighteenth century. Its plot construction has remained a model for later novelists for about two centuries. So, it is a must reading for all students of English Literature. However, a college student is always in great hurry to finish his course. Often he skips the study of this novel because of its being bulky. Moreover, he needs a guide to enable him to appreciate works of literature, more so in the case of this great novel.Table of Contents: 1. Henry Fielding : Life and Works 2. Fielding as Father of English Novel 3. Tom Jones : The Story and its Thematic Divisions 4. Plot Construction in Tom Jones 5. Tom Jones A Social Document 6. Tom Jones as a Comic Epic in Prose (i) Its Epic Character (ii) Its Comic Character 7. Irony in Tom Jones 8. Contrast in Tom Jones 9. Tom Jones and the Charge of Immorality 10. Classics in Tom Jones 11. Fielding As A Novelist 12. Fielding on Laws of Novel Writing 13. Individual Characters (i) Tom Jones (ii) Sophia Western (iii) Squire Western (IV) Blifil 14. The History of Tom Jones A Founding (A Summary)