num_pages: 245
description:  Long regarded as one of the founding fathers of the English novel, Henry Fielding was also a popular playwright, prolific essayist, and respected magistrate. In all, he wrote 25 plays as well as several celebrated literary works including "Tom Jones," "Amelia," and the parody "Shamela," which he never claimed as his own but is commonly attributed to him. Building on the rich legacy of earlier Fielding criticism and reflecting the expansion of critical approaches toliterary texts during the last two decades, this wide-ranging volume contains fourteen essays published in the 1980s and 1990s. The material is organized chronologically and observes the transition between Fielding as playwright and Fielding as novelist.Series Editors: James Nagel, University of Georgia; Zack Bowen, University of Miami and Robert Lecker, McGill University The full range of literary traditions comes to life in the Twayne Critical Essays Series. Volume editors have carefully selected critical essays that represent the full spectrum of controversies, trends and methodologies relating to each author's work. Essays include writings from the author's native country and abroad, with interpretations from the time they were writing, through the present day. Each volume includes:    An introduction providing the reader with a lucid overview of criticism from its beginnings-illuminating controversies, evaluating approaches, and sorting out the schools of thought   The most influential reviews and the best reprinted scholarly essays   A section devoted exclusively to reviews and reactions by the subject's contemporaries   Original essays, new translations, and revisions commissioned especially for the series   Previously unpublished materials such as interviews, lost letters and manuscript fragments   A bibliography of the subject's writings and interviews   A name and subject index   
language: English
title: Critical Essays on Henry Fielding: Henry Fielding
titlecomplete: Critical Essays on Henry Fielding: Henry Fielding (Critical Essays on British Literature Series)
publisher: Twayne Publishers