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Jun 27, 2018 · Henry Fielding >The English author and magistrate Henry Fielding (1707-1754) was one of the >great novelists of the 18th century. His fiction, plays, essays, and legal >pamphlets show he was a humane and witty man, with a passion for reform and >justice.
Fielding, Henry Tom Jones (London: Andrew Millar, 1749). The first edition. Fielding, Henry "Tom Jones" (New York: The Modern Library, 1931). First Modern Library Edition. Fielding, Henry Tom Jones (Wesleyan University Press, 1975) ISBN 978-0-8195-6048-3. Edited by Martin Battestin and Fredson C. Bowers. Widely taken to be the authoritative ...
May 28, 2019 · Henry Fielding’s (22 April 1707 – 8 October 1754) lasting achievements in prose fiction—in contrast to his passing fame as an essayist, dramatist, and judge—result from his development of critical theory and from his aesthetic success in the novels themselves.
Az Eton College-ban tanult, ahol megismerkedett és életre szóló barátságot kötött William Pitt-tel. 1728-ban Leidenbe utazott, hogy ott folytassa tanulmányait, azonban pénze fogytán vissza kellett térnie Londonba.
Henry Fielding, lept Williama Hogartha Roku 1734 se oženil s Charlottou Craddockovou, začal v Londýně studovat práva a zintenzivnil svou novinářskou činnost. Stal se z něho osvícenský humanista, který stál společně s dalšími v opozici proti vládě Roberta Walpoleho , považované mnohými za korupční.
We think of Henry Fielding (b. 22 April 1707–d. 8 October 1754) above all as a pioneer of the novel genre: “the Founder of a new Province of Writing,” as he puts it in one of the best-known metafictional chapters of Tom Jones. Yet until Sir Robert Walpole’s Stage Licensing Act of 1737 cut short Fielding’s meteoric theatrical career, he was for a time the most prominent and original ...
Dec 23, 2022 · Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1st edition) (London: A[ndrew] Millar, over-against Catherine-street in the Strand, 1749; OCLC 928184292). Volume I of VI. The other volumes are available as follows:
