Henry Fielding (1707–1754)
Autore di Tom Jones
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Henry Fielding, 1707 - 1754 A succcessful playwright in his twenties, Henry Fielding turned to the study of law and then to journalism, fiction, and a judgeship after his Historical Register, a political satire on the Walpole government, contributed to the censorship of plays that put him out of mostra altro business. As an impoverished member of the upper classes, he knew the country squires and the town nobility; as a successful young playwright, the London jet set; as a judge at the center of London, the city's thieves, swindlers, petty officials, shopkeepers, and vagabonds. As a political journalist (editor-author of The Champion, 1739-1741; The True Patriot, 1745-1746; The Jacobite's Journal, 1747-1748; The Covent-Garden Journal, 1752), he participated in argument and intrigue over everything from London elections to national policy. He knowledgeably attacked and defended a range of politicians, from ward heelers to the Prince of Wales. When Fielding undertook writing prose fiction to ridicule the simple morality of Pamela by Samuel Richardson, he first wrote the hilarious burlesque Shamela (1741). However, he soon found himself considering all the forces working on humans, and in Joseph Andrews (1742) (centering on his invented brother of Pamela), he played with the patterns of Homer, the Bible, and Cervantes to create what he called "a comic epic poem in prose." His preface describing this new art form is one of the major documents in literary criticism of the novel. Jonathan Wild, a fictional rogue biography of a year later, plays heavily with ironic techniques that leave unsettled Fielding's great and recurring theme: the difficulty of uniting goodness, or an outflowing love of others, with prudence in a world where corrupted institutions support divisive pride rather than harmony and self-fulfillment. In his masterpiece Tom Jones (1749), Fielding not only faces this issue persuasively but also shows for the first time the possibility of bringing a whole world into an artistic unity, as his model Homer had done in verse. Fielding develops a coherent and centered sequence of events-something Congreve had done casually on a small scale in Incognita 60 years before. In addition he also relates the plot organically to character and theme, by which he gives us a vision of the archetypal good person (Tom) on a journey toward understanding. Every act by every character in the book reflects the special and typical psychology of that character and the proper moral response. In Tom Jones, Fielding affirms the existence of an order under the surface of chaos. In his last novel, Amelia (1751), which realistically examines the misery of London, he can find nothing reliable except the prudent good heart, and that only if its possessor escapes into the country. Fielding based the title character on his second wife, with whom he was deeply in love. However, ill himself, still saddened by the deaths of his intensely loved first wife and daughter, and depressed by a London magistrate's endless toil against corruption, Fielding saw little hope for goodness in that novel or in his informal Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon (1755). Shortly after traveling to Lisbon for his health, Fielding died at the age of 47, having proved to his contemporaries and successors that the lowly novel was capable of the richest achievements of art. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Henry Fielding
A Journey from This World to the Next and The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon (The World's Classics) (1997) 30 copie
The Age of Enlightenment: An anthology of eighteenth-century texts: Volume 1 (1979) — Collaboratore — 26 copie
The Novels of Henry Fielding - Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones, Amelia, Jonathan Wild. Four Volumes in slipcase. (1995) 23 copie
An Enquiry into the Causes of the Late Increase of Robbers, and Related Writings (Wesleyan Edition of the Works of… (1988) 12 copie
History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, The, A Longman Cultural Edition for History of the Adventures of Joseph… (2007) 11 copie
The True Patriot and Related Writings (Wesleyan Edition of the Works of Henry Fielding) (1987) 8 copie
the works of henry fielding, esq. with an essay of his life and genius by arthur murphy esq. volume 1 of 10 volumes (2009) 6 copie
Henry Fielding - Plays, Volume II, 1732 - 1734 (Wesleyan Edition of the Works of Henry Fielding) (2004) 5 copie
Tom Jones (4/4) — Autore — 4 copie
The Writings of Henry Fielding 4 copie
The Jacobite's Journal and Related Writings (The Wesleyan Edition of the Works of Henry Fielding) (1974) 4 copie
Tom Jones (3/4) — Autore — 3 copie
The Wesleyan Edition of the Works of Henry Fielding: The History of Tom Jones, Joseph Andrews, Amelia (1984) 3 copie
Pasquin 3 copie
Great Books of the Western World, Vol. 37 - The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling - Fielding 2 copie
New Essays by Henry Fielding: His Contributions to the Craftsman (1734-1739) and Other Early Journalism (1989) 2 copie
Storia di Tom Jones trovatello. Vol. 2 — Autore — 2 copie
Storia di Tom Jones trovatello. Vol. 3 — Autore — 2 copie
TOM JONES Franklin Library 2 copie
The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams. ... by Henry Fielding, ...… (2023) 2 copie
The wedding-day 2 copie
Henry Fielding--'The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon', 'Shamela', and Occasional Writings (Wesleyan Edition of the Works… (2008) 2 copie
Tom Jones 2 Cilt Takim 2 copie
Farsy 2 copie
HARVARD CLASSICS SHELF OF FICTION (THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES part 1) LIMITED EDITION NO. 3785 (1917) 2 copie
Tom Jones Vol II 1 copia
Tom Jones vol. 1 1 copia
سرگذشت تام جونز کودک سرراهی 1 copia
The history of the adventures of Joseph Andrews and his friend Mr Abraham Adams. By: Henry Fielding ( NOVEL ) (2017) 1 copia
Henry Fielding Classics Collection: The History of Tom Jones, Shamela, Joseph Andrews (2022) 1 copia
History of Tom Jones A Foundling [Vintage Classics] by Fielding, Henry [Random House UK,2007] [Paperback] Reprint (2007) 1 copia
Joseph Andrews (Norton Critical Editions) by Fielding, Henry, Goldberg, Homer (1987) Paperback 1 copia
The Complete Works of Henry Fielding, Esq: With an Essay On the Life, Genius and Achievement of the Author, Volume 12 (2010) 1 copia
Tom Jones, Vol 2 1 copia
Covent-Garden Journal 1 copia
Plays For Middle Forms 1 copia
The Complete Works of Henry Fielding, Esq: With an Essay On the Life, Genius and Achievement of the Author, Volume 6 (2010) 1 copia
Hry, Jonathan Wild 1 copia
The Complete Works of Henry Fielding, Esq., With an Essay on the Life, Genius and Achievement of the Author Volume 16 (2013) 1 copia
Gionata Wild Il Grande 1 copia
The Covent-Garden journal 1 copia
The History of Tom Jones I 1 copia
The History of Tom Jones II 1 copia
Select Works of Henry Fielding, Vol. 2 of 2: With a Memoir of the Life of the Author; And an Essay on His Life and… (2017) 1 copia
[Tom Jones.] An authoritative text, contemporary reactions, criticism. Edited by Sheridan Baker 1 copia
Histoire de Tom Jones, ou l'Enfant Trouvé, Vol. 1: Traduction de l'Anglois (Classic Reprint) (French Edition) (2017) 1 copia
Dzieje Wielkiego Jonatana Wilda 1 copia
Everyman's library 1 copia
Henry Fielding: Contributions to The Champion, and Related Writings (The Wesleyan Edition of the Works of Henry… (2003) 1 copia
The History of Tom Jones, Robinson Cruose, Moll Flanders (International Collector's Library, 3 Books) (1900) 1 copia
Works of Henry Fielding. Tom Jones, Amelia, Joseph Andrews, Pasquin play, Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon and others… (2009) 1 copia
Scenes and Characters 1 copia
The Complete Works of Henry Fielding, Esq.: With an Essay on the Life, Genius and Achievement of the Author, by William… (2009) 1 copia
Tom Jones (2/4) — Autore — 1 copia
Tom Jones (1/4) — Autore — 1 copia
Modern Library college editions 1 copia
Jonathan Thrasher, Esq., Justice of the Peace, Deals with Sundry Offenders (in Law in Action) 1 copia
Amelia Parts ll & lll 1 copia
Select Works of Henry Fielding 1 copia
Miscellaneous Writings(I & 2) 1 copia
The History of Tom Jones 1 copia
Fielding's Works (Vol. V) Amelia Part III and Jonathan Wild. Edition De Luxe Limited to 1000 sets 1 copia
Fielding's Works (Vol I) The Adventures of Joseph Andrews Edition De Luxe Limited to 1000 sets 1 copia
South Wind 1 copia
Classic British Literature: 8 books by Henry Fielding in a single file, with active table of contents (2010) 1 copia
The Works Of Henry Fielding; Vol I; A Journey From This World To The next And Avoyage To Lisbon (2008) 1 copia
The Complete Works of Henry Fielding, Esq.: With an Essay on the Life, Genius and Achievement of the Author, by William… (2009) 1 copia
The Complete Works of Henry Fielding, Esq.: With an Essay on the Life, Genius and Achievement of the Author, by William… (2009) 1 copia
The Complete Works of Henry Fielding, Esq.: With an Essay on the Life, Genius and Achievement of the Author, by William… (2009) 1 copia
The Complete Works of Henry Fielding, Esq.: With an Essay on the Life, Genius and Achievement of the Author, by William… (2009) 1 copia
Shamela Andrews 1 copia
Histoire de Tom Jones, Ou L'Enfant Trouve, Vol. 4: Traduction de L'Anglois (Classic Reprint) (French Edition) (2017) 1 copia
Miscellanies (A Journey from this World to the Next, A Voyage to Lisbon, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great and… (1893) 1 copia
Фарсы 1 copia
Opere correlate
Chloe Plus Olivia: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the 17th Century to the Present (1994) — Collaboratore — 446 copie
The Essential Writings of Jonathan Swift [Norton Critical Edition] (1742) — Collaboratore — 78 copie
Grolier Classics: History of Tom Jones, Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,… (1956) — Collaboratore — 16 copie
5 Book LOT: International Collectors Library. History of Tom Jones / Late George Apley / Winesburg, Ohio / Short… (1960) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Fielding, Henry
- Altri nomi
- Captain Hercules Vinegar (salanimi)
Conny Keyber (salanimi)
Scriblerus Secundus (salanimi) - Data di nascita
- 1707-04-22
- Data di morte
- 1754-10-08
- Luogo di sepoltura
- English Church, Lisbon, Portugal
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Nazione (per mappa)
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Somerset, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Luogo di residenza
- London, England, UK
- Istruzione
- Eton College
University of Leiden - Attività lavorative
- magistrate
playwright
barrister
novelist
theatre manager
journalist (mostra tutto 7)
justice of the peace (Westminster ∙ England) - Relazioni
- Fielding, Sarah (sister)
Richardson, Samuel (rival) - Organizzazioni
- Bow Street Runners
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