The Cambridge Companion to Henry Fielding

by Claude Julien Rawson

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521670926
• ISBN13: 9780521670920
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 8.9"