Publisher's Synopsis
In this study, first published in 1972 and now reissued in paperback, the author focuses on the various disruptive forces in the literary culture of the Augustan period upon "Nature's Dance of Death". His discussion concentrates on aspects of Fielding's writing in relation to Augustan culture and civilization. He also relates the works of some leading 20th-century authors to his overall theme. He treats, among other topics, the crises in stylistic "urbanity" and in the "mock-heroic" styles of this historically and artistically interesting period.
