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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
July 2007
Print publication year:
2007
Online ISBN:
9781139001427
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CCOL0521854512
Collection:
Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics
Subjects:
Literature, British Theatre, English Literature: General Interest, English Literature 1700-1830, Drama, Theatre, Performance Studies
Series:
Cambridge Companions to Literature
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Now best known for three great novels - Tom Jones, Joseph Andrews and Amelia - Henry Fielding (1707–54) was one of the most controversial figures of his time. Prominent first as a playwright, then as a novelist and political journalist, and finally as a justice of peace, Fielding made a substantial contribution to eighteenth-century culture, and was hugely influential in the development of the novel as a form, both in Britain and more widely in Europe. This collection of specially-commissioned essays by leading scholars describes and analyses the many facets of Fielding's work in theatre, fiction, journalism and politics. In addition it assesses his unique contribution to the rise of the novel as the dominant literary form, the development of the law, and the political and literary culture of eighteenth-century Britain. Including a chronology and guide to further reading, this volume offers a comprehensive account of Fielding's life and work.

Reviews

"The Companion is satisfyingly complete and remarkably uniform."
--Brian McCrea, University of Florida, The Scriblerian

"All the essays on Fielding's fiction maintain the highest standards...Highly recommended."
--The Eighteenth-Century Current Bibliography

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