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The Cambridge Companion to Henry Fielding

Claude Rawson editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:8th Mar '07

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A comprehensive account of the life and work of this key eighteenth-century literary figure.

Now best known for three great novels - Tom Jones, Joseph Andrews and Amelia - Henry Fielding (1707–54) made a substantial contribution to eighteenth-century culture. This collection of specially-commissioned essays, with a chronology and guide to further reading, offers a comprehensive account of Fielding's life and work.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.

"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

ISBN: 9780521670920

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm

Weight: 300g

222 pages