Henry Fielding

Biographic Data

ID5951141
NAMEHenry Fielding
GIVEN NAMESHenry
FAMILY NAMEFielding
SIGNATUREFIELDING H
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS38
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT38
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1732
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
H-INDEX0

  • The Wesleyan Edition of the Works of Henry Fielding: The Plays, Vol. 3: 1734–1742

    Henry Fielding, Thomas LockwoodBOOKHenry Fielding - Plays, Volume…2011

  • The Wesleyan Edition of the Works of Henry Fielding

    Henry Fielding, William C Young et al.BOOKHenry Fielding - 'The Journal of…2008

    "This book completes the authoritative Wesleyan Edition of Fielding's nondramatic writings. It features two of Fielding's classic works; The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon written as he sailed to Portugal hoping, in vain, to recover his health; and Shamela, the parody of Richardson's Pamela that led to Joseph Andrews and the beginning of his career as novelist. The volume also includes every other work of Fielding's not to be found in the twelve p…

  • Joseph Andrews and Shamela

    Henry Fielding, Thomas KeymerBOOKThe history of the adventures of…2008

    ‘I beg as soon as you get Fielding’s Joseph Andrews, I fear in Ridicule of your Pamela and of Virtue in the Notion of Don Quixote’s Manner, you would send it to me by the very first Coach.’ (George Cheyne in a letter to Samuel Richardson, February 1742) Both Joseph Andrews (1742) and Shamela (1741) were prompted by the success of Richardson’s Pamela (1740), of which Shamela is a splendidly bawdy parody. But in Shamela Fielding also demonstrates h…

  • Tom Jones

    Henry Fielding, John Bender et al.BOOKTom Jones2008

  • The history of the adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his friend Mr. Abraham Adams

    Henry FieldingBOOKThe history of the adventures of…2008

  • Chapter VIII

    Henry FieldingCHAPTERThe history of the adventures of…2008

    Now the Rake Hesperus had called for his Breeches, and having well rubbed his drowsy Eyes, prepared to dress himself for all Night; by whose Example his Brother Rakes on Earth likewise leave those Beds, in which they had slept away the Day....

  • A battle sung by the muse in the Homerican style, and which none but the classical reader can taste

    Henry FieldingCHAPTERTom Jones2008

    Mr Western had an estate in this parish; and as his house stood at little greater distance from this church than from his own, he very often came to divine service here; and both he and the charming Sophia happened to be present at...

  • Containing matter of no very peaceable colour

    Henry FieldingCHAPTERTom Jones2008

    Molly had no sooner apparelled herself in her accustomed rags, than her sisters began to fall violently upon her, particularly her eldest sister, who told her she was well enough served. ‘How had she the assurance to wear a gown which young Madam Western...

  • Containing such grave matter that the reader cannot laugh once through the whole chapter, unless peradventure he should laugh at the author

    Henry FieldingCHAPTERTom Jones2008

    When Jenny appeared, Mr Allworthy took her into his study, and spoke to her as follows: ‘You know, child, it is in my power, as a magistrate, to punish you very rigorously for what you have done,* and you will perhaps be the...

  • Which, Among Other Things, May Serve as a Comment on That Saying of Aeschines, That Drunkenness Shows the Mind of a Man, as a Mirror Reflects His Person

    Henry FieldingCHAPTERTom Jones2008

    The reader may, perhaps, wonder at hearing nothing of Mr Jones in the last chapter. In fact, his behaviour was so different from that of the persons there mentioned that we chose not to confound his name with theirs. When the good man had ended...

  • Chapter XII

    Henry FieldingCHAPTERThe history of the adventures of…2008

    Nothing remarkable happened on the Road, ’till their arrival at the Inn, to which the Horses were ordered; whither they came about two in the Morning. The Moon then shone very bright, and Joseph making his Friend a present of a Pint...

  • A comparison between the world and the stage

    Henry FieldingCHAPTERTom Jones2008

    The world hath been often compared to the theatre; and many-grave writers, as well as the poets, have considered human life as a great drama, resembling, in almost every particular, those scenical representations which Thespis is first reported to have invented, and which have...

  • The conclusion of the foregoing adventure

    Henry FieldingCHAPTERTom Jones2008

    Besides the suspicion of sleep, the lieutenant harboured another and worse doubt against the poor sentinel, and this was that of treachery; for as he believed not one syllable of the apparition, so he imagined the whole to be an invention formed only to...

  • Chapter V

    Henry FieldingCHAPTERThe history of the adventures of…2008

    Our Travellers having well refreshed themselves at the Gentleman’s House, Joseph and Fanny with Sleep, and Mr. Abraham Adams with Ale and Tobacco, renewed their Journey with great Alacrity; and, pursuing the Road in which they were directed,...

  • II. Occasional Prose

    Henry Fielding, Martin C BattestinCHAPTERThe Wesleyan Edition of the Works…2008

    "II. Occasional Prose" published on by null.

  • The Wesleyan Edition of the Works of Henry Fielding: The Plays, Vol. 2: 1731–1734

    Henry Fielding, Thomas LockwoodBOOKHenry Fielding - Plays, Volume…2007

  • The Wesleyan Edition of the Works of Henry Fielding: The Plays, Vol. 1: 1728–1731

    Henry Fielding, Thomas LockwoodBOOKPlays2004

  • The Wesleyan Edition of the Works of Henry Fielding

    Henry Fielding, W B ColeyBOOKContributions to The champion and…2003

  • The Wesleyan Edition of the Works of Henry Fielding

    Henry Fielding, Bertrand A Goldgar et al.BOOKThe Wesleyan Edition of the Works…1997

  • The Correspondence of Henry and Sarah Fielding

    David Garrick, Henry Fielding et al.BOOKThe correspondence of Henry and…1993

    Important discoveries in private and public archives have recently brought to light many new letters by Henry Fielding (1707-54) and by his sister, the novelist and classicist Sarah Fielding (1710-68). Published here for the first time is their entire extant correspondence, edited with an Introduction and explanatory annotations - 77 letters from and to Henry Fielding written over the years 1727 to 1754, and 33 letters from and to Sarah Fielding …

  • The Wesleyan Edition of the Works of Henry Fielding

    Henry Fielding, Bertrand A Goldgar et al.BOOKMiscellanies by Henry Fielding,…1993

  • The Wesleyan Edition of the Works of Henry Fielding

    Henry Fielding, Bertrand A GoldgarBOOKThe Covent-Garden journal and A…1988

  • The Wesleyan Edition of the Works of Henry Fielding

    Henry Fielding, Malvin R ZirkerBOOKAn enquiry into the causes of the…1988

    "The Wesleyan Edition of the Works of Henry Fielding: An Enquiry Into the Causes of the Late Increase of Robbers, and Related Writings" published on by Oxford University Press and Wesleyan University Press.

  • The Wesleyan Edition of the Works of Henry Fielding

    Henry Fielding, W B ColeyBOOKThe true patriot and related…1987

  • The Wesleyan Edition of the Works of Henry Fielding

    Henry Fielding, Martin C BattestinBOOKAmelia1984