The Journal of a Voyage to LisbonDigiCat, 16/09/2022 - 110 páginas Henry Fielding's 'The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon' stands as an intimate chronicle of the author's final days, penned with all the narrative verve and perspicacity that marks his oeuvre. Crafted with the observational precision of a novelist and the reflective depth of an essayist, Fielding's prose constructs a detailed account of his maritime journey. The narrative not only captures the physical vicissitudes of seafaring but, in a broader literary context, it also reflects the Augustan era's preoccupation with travel as a metaphor for life's transient nature and the human condition. Fielding's own turbulent life and failing health provided fertile ground for 'The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon.' Known primarily for his satirical novels and robust comedies, this work reveals a more contemplative side of the author. Impelled by his deteriorating health to seek a more congenial climate, Fielding imbues his narrative with a candid mix of introspection and social critique, chronicling the voyage he undertook in search of reprieve from his ailments. It is in this personal candidness that Fielding's literary prowess is most poignantly illuminated. 'The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon' is recommended for those interested in the interplay between life's real voyages and the philosophical journey of introspection. It appeals to readers who appreciate not only the historical context of 18th-century travel but also the enduring human themes that Henry Fielding so adeptly transcribes. This book illuminates the end of an era and of a life, prompting reflection in all who navigate its course. |
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... former; and Pasquin, the maturest example of Fielding's satiric work in drama. These accordingly have been selected; the rest I have read, and he who likes may read. I have read many worse things than even the worst of them, but not ...
... former; and Pasquin, the maturest example of Fielding's satiric work in drama. These accordingly have been selected; the rest I have read, and he who likes may read. I have read many worse things than even the worst of them, but not ...
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... , that the latter never forgive any observation of the former which doth not convey some knowledge that they are sensible they could not possibly have attained of themselves. But all his pains in collecting knowledge, all his judgment.
... , that the latter never forgive any observation of the former which doth not convey some knowledge that they are sensible they could not possibly have attained of themselves. But all his pains in collecting knowledge, all his judgment.
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... former was not, perhaps, to be considered as a political essayist, and the latter as a commentator on the classics, rather than as a writer of travels; which last title, perhaps, they would both of them have been least ambitious to ...
... former was not, perhaps, to be considered as a political essayist, and the latter as a commentator on the classics, rather than as a writer of travels; which last title, perhaps, they would both of them have been least ambitious to ...
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... former being the confounder and corrupter of the latter. I am far from supposing that Homer, Hesiod, and the other ancient poets and mythologists, had any settled design to pervert and confuse the records of antiquity; but it is certain ...
... former being the confounder and corrupter of the latter. I am far from supposing that Homer, Hesiod, and the other ancient poets and mythologists, had any settled design to pervert and confuse the records of antiquity; but it is certain ...
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... former ages, and to the experience of our own, and which no man can at once understand and believe. If it should be objected (and it can nowhere be objected better than where I now write, 12 as there is nowhere more pomp of bigotry) ...
... former ages, and to the experience of our own, and which no man can at once understand and believe. If it should be objected (and it can nowhere be objected better than where I now write, 12 as there is nowhere more pomp of bigotry) ...
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